μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Girl asks undesired lover to take off his boots. She pulls off one partway and escapes.

Deceptions. · Deception into humiliating position. · Humiliated or baffled lovers. · view the constellation · filed as K1227.4

Scholars’ trail — 2 references (open)

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

  • Italian Novella Rotunda.
  • general Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles No. 24
Within the index

Filed under Lover put off by deceptive respite.

1 finer motif beneath it
Girl tells physician-seducer she cannot meet his wishes until after he bathes. Prepares the bath herself and pours acid into it
Filed beside it
Lover put off till girl bathes and dresses. She escapes Suitors put off till web is woven. Unwoven each night. (Penelope.) Respite from wooer while he brings clothes all night. The girl wastes time trying them on Woman leaves importunate lover waiting in her room. Feigns illness and then escapes Girl asks undesired lover to follow her but not to step on her shadow Girl says she has made vow not to marry until pilgrimage is made Girl as umpire in suitor test (shooting arrows) escapes Importunate lover kept overlong at supper: must leave Escape from undesired lover by alleging menstrual period

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