Widowed she-fox rejects suitors who do not resemble her deceased husband — Mythoi

Motif

Widowed she-fox rejects suitors who do not resemble her deceased husband.

Sex. · Married life. · Faithfulness in marriage. · view the constellation · filed as T211.6

Cited in the index

general *Type 65
general BP I 362
general *Taylor JAFL XLVI 78
general Fb "ræv" III 113b.

Within the index

Filed under Faithfulness to marriage in death.

Filed beside it

Wife dies so that husband's death may be postponed Wife's suicide at husband's death. (Cf. T81.7.) Husband and wife kill themselves so as not to be separated Spouse's corpse kept after death Man becomes a hermit after his wife's death 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

Carried in tale types

The She-Fox's Suitors · ATU 65 1 recorded variant

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