Woman sells her hair to feed starving husband — Mythoi

Motif

Woman sells her hair to feed starving husband.

Sex. · Married life. · Faithfulness in marriage. · view the constellation · filed as T215.8

Filed across the traditions

Jewish Neuman.

Within the index

Filed under Faithfulness of married couple in misfortune.

Filed beside it

Wife carries mutilated husband on her back so that he may beg Wife offers starving husband (father) milk from her breasts Husband nourishes starving wife with his own flesh and blood Wife puts out one of her eyes to show sympathy with her husband. He has lost an eye in a tournament and is ashamed to return to her. She shows that it makes no difference in her love Fugitive returns to his family so that they may collect reward from his capture Woman swims nightly to husband's prison and arranges his escape. Spurns the attentions of treacherous suitor. (Cf. R152.) Wife travels for years with sick husband in order to have him cured

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