Husband leaves wife to die of thirst.
Unnatural cruelty. · Cruel relatives. · Cruel spouse. · view the constellation · filed as S62.4
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
- Middle EasternThe Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, Chapter 14
- Middle EasternThe Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, Chapter 23
- North American IndigenousNavaho Legends, Legend 6
- Australian AboriginalAustralian Legendary Tales and More Australian Legendary Tales, 35Beereeun the Mirage Maker
Scholars’ trail — 1reference
The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.
- MarquesasHandy 99.