μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Within the index
15 finer motifs beneath it
Sex hospitality. Host gives his wife (daughter) to his guest as bed companionHandmaid given as wife unto husband by barren wifeWife withholds intercourse from husband to enforce demand. Cf. Aristophanes' LysistrataFrightened wife shows marks of affection for husband. This is so rare that he pardons the robber who has caused the frightMistress has always said her "Aves": Virgin Mary refuses to help wife against her rival. The wife tells this to the mistress, who repentsSight of mistress's ring causes husband to withhold himself from his wifeWhy separation of a good woman from a bad man is a benefitWife refuses to sleep with detested husbandWhy widow does not remarry. (1) Only her property is wanted; (2) her husband is still in her heart; (3) if new husband is bad it will not be well, if he is good there will be the fear that he will dieWife sold unwillingly by husbandHusband (wife) of supernatural being longs for old home and visits relativesHusband's indiscreet boast about wife brings about his death. King regards his wife as so beautiful that he has a friend view her naked through a crack in the wall. Wife learns of his act, goes over to the man who has viewed her, and with the latter brings about the king's deathWife buys (sells) privilege of sleeping one night with husband. (Cf. D2006.1.4.)Reconciliation of separated coupleOther aspects of married life – miscellaneous

wander