μῦθοι Mythoi
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  • Irish myth*Cross.
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Filed under Faithlessness in marriage.

1 finer motif beneath it
Substituted sword. Husband leaves wooden sword in scabbard of wife's paramour upon discovering their infidelity
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.)Old man married to young, unfaithful wifeAdulteress 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 nightFaithlessness in marriage – miscellaneous

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