Maiden queen prefers to fight instead of marrying, but is at last conquered and married

Motif

Maiden queen prefers to fight instead of marrying, but is at last conquered and married.

Sex. · Chastity and celibacy. · Celibacy and continence. · view the constellation · filed as T311.4

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IcelandicHerrmann Saxo II 292, *Boberg.

Within the index

Filed under Woman averse to marriage. (Cf. T321.1, T327.3.)

Filed beside it

Woman's aversion to marriage motivated through a dream Flight of maiden (bridegroom) to escape marriage Woman prefers to remain chaste rather than keep an impotent husband. (Cf. T271.1.)Girl remains a virgin after both her suitors are killed in battle

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