Second wife taken because first is barren

Motif

Second wife taken because first is barren.

Sex. · Marriage. · Marriage customs. · view the constellation · filed as T145.2

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

GreekThe Odyssey, Book XX
IndicThe Mahābhārata, Book 4, Section III
Literary CrystallizationFour Plays (The Tempest, A Midsummer-Night's Dream, The Winter's Tale, King Lear) — University Press Shakespeare, ed. Sidney Lee, A Midsummer-Night's Dream Act 3
North American IndigenousNavaho Legends, Legend 1

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.

India*Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Polygamous marriages.

Filed beside it

Polygyny Marriage to five women, each with separate duties Competition in ale-brewing between king's two wives Man's two wives each claim part of his body: they torment him Man pulled down stairs by his two wives Polygamist must love all his wives Man's senior wife ugly but diligent; his second, beautiful but lazy Polygamy so that head wife may be quickly replaced for wrongdoing

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