μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Husband and wife kill themselves so as not to be separated.

Sex. · Married life. · Faithfulness in marriage. · view the constellation · filed as T211.3

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Filed under Faithfulness to marriage in death.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Husband falls on sword when his wife dies Wife hangs self because her husband has been killed
Filed beside it
Wife dies so that husband's death may be postponed Wife's suicide at husband's death. (Cf. T81.7.) Spouse's corpse kept after death Man becomes a hermit after his wife's death Widowed she-fox rejects suitors who do not resemble her deceased husband Girl forced to marry before sweetheart's return is faithful to her husband. When she refuses to give her former fiancé a kiss, he falls dead. She goes to his funeral and falls dead over his body Wife unwilling to deceive her husband for the man she loves Excessive grief at husband's or wife's death
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
City-gods Creation of the universe Wild man as king of animals Unusual animal as riding-horse Marriage to person in dog form. (Cf. B635.4, D141.) Marriage to dog in human form Jointed snake can join its segments when it is broken into pieces Tabu: looking under certain bell too soon Journey to Land of Women. Island of women, land of maidens, country of the Amazons, etc Spirits and demons (general) Remarkable persons. Extraordinary size, form, appearance, or habits Headless person with eyes (eye) and mouth on breast

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