Competition in ale-brewing between king's two wives — Mythoi

Motif

Competition in ale-brewing between king's two wives.

Sex. · Marriage. · Marriage customs. · view the constellation · filed as T145.3

Filed across the traditions

Icelandic *Boberg.

Within the index

Filed under Polygamous marriages.

Filed beside it

Polygyny Marriage to five women, each with separate duties Second wife taken because first is barren 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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