Female deer offers herself instead of her mate, who has been captured. Hunter, struck by her sacrifice, lets both go — Mythoi

Motif

Female deer offers herself instead of her mate, who has been captured. Hunter, struck by her sacrifice, lets both go.

Sex. · Married life. · Faithfulness in marriage. · view the constellation · filed as T211.1.4

Filed across the traditions

India Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Wife dies so that husband's death may be postponed.

Filed beside it

Woman drowns herself as sacrifice to water-gods to save husband's boat from capsizing Husband learning from augurs that his wife will die if he saves self from serpent, lets self be bitten to death Wife offers to sacrifice her right arm for husband's safe return

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