Celibacy and continence — Mythoi

Motif

Celibacy and continence.

Sex. · Chastity and celibacy. · Celibacy and continence. · view the constellation · filed as T310

Filed across the traditions

Eskimo (Cumberland Sound) Boas BAM XV 163, 166, 261, (Greenland): Rink 410, Rasmussen I 137, 363, III 85, 154, 200, (Central): Boas RBAE VI 583, 637, (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 49.
general *Encyc. Religion Ethics III 271ff. s. v. "Celibacy"

Within the index

8 finer motifs beneath it

Ceremonial continence Woman averse to marriage. (Cf. T321.1, T327.3.) Saint's daughter dies when wooed Ravished girl's virginity restored by Virgin Mary Father kills daughter lest she become prostitute Continence in marriage The repression of lust. (Cf. D1356.) Wife proves her faithfulness. Had substituted for husband's mistress. Proves legitimacy of her child by producing tokens and by child's missing toe (like her husband's four-toed foot)

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