Loving couple die of separation — Mythoi

Motif

Loving couple die of separation.

Sex. · Married life. · Faithfulness in marriage. · view the constellation · filed as T212

Cited in the index

general Penzer II 9.

Within the index

Filed under Faithfulness in marriage.

1 finer motif beneath it

Constancy of wife brings husband back to life

Filed beside it

Faithful wife Faithful husband Faithfulness to marriage in death Husband (wife) sickens as result of separation from spouse Faithfulness of married couple in misfortune Loathly bridegroom carried on back in basket by wife Wife refuses to become unfaithful although she knows her husband to be so Woman's naiveté proves her fidelity. Man is rebuked for having bad breath. He reproves his wife for never having told him. "I thought that men liked it as I did." He realizes that his wife has not known any other man Wife hides husband's unfaithfulness from emperor and even shelters his mistress Husband tempted by own wife disguised in fine clothes: says he will touch no woman save his wife. She puts on her old clothes

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