Husband and wife — Mythoi

Motif

Husband and wife.

Society. · The family. · Husband and wife. · view the constellation · filed as P210

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5 finer motifs beneath it

Wife chooses father's side in feud. Must choose between husband and father Wife more merciful than blood relations. They refuse to ransom condemned man; wife does so Husband more merciful than blood relations. They refuse to ransom condemned woman; husband does so Wife drinks blood of slain husband Wife only one able to persuade her husband

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Wife flees from husband. (Cf. P210, T200.)