μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Disobedient wife punished.

Sex. · Married life. · Characteristics of wives and husbands. · view the constellation · filed as T254.6

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Wife refuses to bring husband warm water: is beaten
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The husband shows his wife poison to avoid: she takes it and dies Husband forbids wife to ride on the dog: she immediately does so and is bitten Man with obedient wife looks young; with disobedient, old Man forbids wife to open chest. Loaded crossbow placed in it. She opens it and is killed Husband warns wife not to enter empty furnace. She does so and it falls in upon her

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