Wife more merciful than blood relations. They refuse to ransom condemned man; wife does so — Mythoi

Motif

Wife more merciful than blood relations. They refuse to ransom condemned man; wife does so.

Society. · The family. · Husband and wife. · view the constellation · filed as P212

Cited in the index

general Child II 349f., III 516, IV 481, V 231ff., 296.

Within the index

Filed under Husband and wife.

Filed beside it

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