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Motif

Ravished girl's virginity restored by Virgin Mary.

Sex. · Chastity and celibacy. · Celibacy and continence. · view the constellation · filed as T313

Cited in the index
  • general Ward II 703 No. 33
  • general *Hibbard 12ff.
Within the index

Filed under Celibacy and continence.

1 finer motif beneath it
Ravished girl's virginity restored by saint
Filed beside it
Ceremonial continence Woman averse to marriage. (Cf. T321.1, T327.3.) Saint's daughter dies when wooed 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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