μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Chastity ordeal: passing through fire.

Tests. · Marriage tests. · Chasity tests. · Chastity test by magic objects or ordeals. · view the constellation · filed as H412.4

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth Cross
  • India *Thompson-Balys, Keith 128.
Within the index

Filed under Chastity tested by ordeal.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Chastity ordeal: holding hot iron Chastity ordeal: oath on boiling oil
Filed beside it
Chastity ordeal: passing under magic rod. Unchaste woman bears twins. (Cf. D1254.2.) Chastity ordeal: holding shaven and greased tail of bull Chastity ordeal: feather over door; if girl who enters blushes she is not a virgin Chastity ordeal: poisonous snake around girl's neck Chastity ordeal: drawing lover out of wall with single thread rope Chastity ordeal: jumping

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