Wife drinks blood of slain husband — Mythoi

Motif

Wife drinks blood of slain husband.

Society. · The family. · Husband and wife. · view the constellation · filed as P214

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth Cross.

Within the index

Filed under Husband and wife.

1 finer motif beneath it

Wife commits suicide (dies) on death of husband. (Cf. P16.4.1.)

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 Husband more merciful than blood relations. They refuse to ransom condemned woman; husband does so Wife only one able to persuade her husband

ask the rhapsode about this motif · search the shelf for “husband” · wander