Husband more merciful than blood relations. They refuse to ransom condemned woman; husband does so — Mythoi

Motif

Husband more merciful than blood relations. They refuse to ransom condemned woman; husband does so.

Society. · The family. · Husband and wife. · view the constellation · filed as P213

Cited in the index

general Child II 346–53, III 511, IV 481f., 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 Wife more merciful than blood relations. They refuse to ransom condemned man; wife does so Wife drinks blood of slain husband Wife only one able to persuade her husband

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