μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Magic spring as chastity test. Wells up if girl is not a virgin. (Cf. D927.)

Tests. · Marriage tests. · Chasity tests. · Chastity test by magic objects or ordeals. · view the constellation · filed as H411.11

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth Cross
  • English Floris and Blanchefleur line 618.
Within the index

Filed under Magic object points out unchaste woman.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Unchaste woman dips arm into the water: skin boiled away Fountains as chastity tests. One fountain of clear water, other muddy
Filed beside it
Magic stone as chastity test. At foot of bed: cannot be stepped on by unchaste woman. (Cf. D931.) Magic tree as chastity test. Cannot be climbed by unchaste woman. (Cf. D950.) Magic plant as chastity test. (Cf. D965.) Magic drinking horn (cup) as chastity test. (Cf. D1171.6.) Unchaste woman cannot drink from cup Magic pin as chastity test. If it floats, woman is chaste. (Cf. D1182.) Magic chair as chastity test. Unchaste woman cannot sit in it till bidden. (Cf. D1151.2.) Mantle as chastity test. Will not fit unchaste woman. (Cf. D1053.) Magic bridge as chastity test. Cannot be crossed by unchaste. (Cf. D1258.) Magic statue as chastity test. Moves eyes in presence of unchaste woman. (Cf. D1268.) Magic bed and pillows as chastity test. Speak and reveal unchastity. (Cf. D1154.1.) Magic harp as chastity test. Plays out of tune at approach of unchaste girl. (Cf. D1231.) Magic lamp as chastity test. Only virgin can light it. (Cf. D1162.1.) Apple as chastity test. Fades if owner is not virgin. (Cf. D981.1.) Magic mirror as chastity index. (Cf. D1163.) Catching salmon as proof of virginity Swan as chastity test
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Magic spring. (Cf. D925, D926.)

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