Wife chooses father's side in feud. Must choose between husband and father — Mythoi

Motif

Wife chooses father's side in feud. Must choose between husband and father.

Society. · The family. · Husband and wife. · view the constellation · filed as P211

Cited in the index

general S. Am. Indian (Carib): Alexander Lat. Am. 266.

Within the index

Filed under Husband and wife.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Wife chooses father rather than husband or son. (Cf. P253.3.) Only one can be saved; he alone is irreplaceable Mother kills husband for murdering their daughter

Filed beside it

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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