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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“The Princess, after a posthumous title had been conferred upon her, was buried with great magnificence a few miles to the east of the city, while Ch'un-yü remained in the capital, living in such state, and gaining so much influence, that he excited the King's jealousy; and when it was foretold, by means of signs in the heavens, that ruin threatened the kingdom, that its inhabitants would be swept away, and that this would be the work…”

— Myths & Legends of China, Chapter XVI · served from our shelf

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Filed under Faithfulness to marriage in death.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Husband falls on sword when his wife diesWife hangs self because her husband has been killed
Filed beside it
Wife dies so that husband's death may be postponedWife's suicide at husband's death. (Cf. T81.7.)Spouse's corpse kept after deathMan becomes a hermit after his wife's deathWidowed she-fox rejects suitors who do not resemble her deceased husbandGirl 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 bodyWife unwilling to deceive her husband for the man she lovesExcessive grief at husband's or wife's death
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
City-godsCreation of the universeWild man as king of animalsUnusual animal as riding-horseMarriage to person in dog form. (Cf. B635.4, D141.)Marriage to dog in human formJointed snake can join its segments when it is broken into piecesTabu: looking under certain bell too soonJourney to Land of Women. Island of women, land of maidens, country of the Amazons, etcSpirits and demons (general)Remarkable persons. Extraordinary size, form, appearance, or habitsHeadless person with eyes (eye) and mouth on breast

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