μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Scholars’ trail — 2references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

  • Irish mythCross
  • Italian NovellaRotunda.
Within the index

Filed under Faithlessness in marriage.

Filed beside it
Wife and husband believe each unfaithful at the slightest provocationFaithless wife causes her husband to go insaneThe faithless widowWoman deserts husband for unworthy lover. (Deformed, mutilated, monstrous, or of different race.)Wronged wife goes to wronged husbandHusband transforms himself to test his wife's faithfulness. (Cf. T231.3.)Woman enamored of an unknown knight in a tournament loses interest when she finds that it is her husband. (Cf. R222.)Adulteress on her death-bed reveals the illegitimacy of her children. Did not want her husband to be burdened with their bringing upSeries of husbands try in vain to control adulteressFight between husband and lover for kingdom and wifeWoman reveals whereabouts of husband to enemy in revenge for desertionMan unfaithful even on wedding nightObject stolen (left) as token that infidelity has been discoveredFaithlessness in marriage – miscellaneous

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