Zeus gives man modesty, but it leaves when love enters — Mythoi

Motif

Zeus gives man modesty, but it leaves when love enters.

Sex. · Love. · Love. · view the constellation · filed as T1

Attested across traditions

North American Indigenous Tales of the North American Indians , Tale 41 receipt
North American Indigenous Tales of the North American Indians , Tale 59 receipt

Cited in the index

general Wienert FFC LVI 36
general Halm Aesop No. 148.

Within the index

Filed under Love.

Filed beside it

The relative pleasures of love. Do men or women have the greater pleasure in sexual intercourse? Man who has been transformed to woman answers that women have the greater pleasure. The goddess blinds him as punishment Omens in love affairs Person wants to learn art of love Love as inducement to idolatry Sexual desire as original sin

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Animals carry men Transformation: man to ornament Wrestling match won by deception Climbing match won by deception Diving match won by deception Harpooning contest won by deception Deceptive eating contest Princess (maiden) abducted by monster (ogre). (Cf. R10.1.) Birth from unusual part of person's body

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