Man pulled down stairs by his two wives

Motif

Man pulled down stairs by his two wives.

Sex. · Marriage. · Marriage customs. · view the constellation · filed as T145.5

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India Thompson-Balys.

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Filed under Polygamous marriages.

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Polygyny Marriage to five women, each with separate duties Second wife taken because first is barren Competition in ale-brewing between king's two wives Man's two wives each claim part of his body: they torment him 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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