μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 2references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

  • 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 continenceWoman averse to marriage. (Cf. T321.1, T327.3.)Saint's daughter dies when wooedFather kills daughter lest she become prostituteContinence in marriageThe 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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