Father kills daughter lest she become prostitute — Mythoi

Motif

Father kills daughter lest she become prostitute.

Sex. · Chastity and celibacy. · Celibacy and continence. · view the constellation · filed as T314

Cited in the index

general Alphabet No. 774.

Within the index

Filed under Celibacy and continence.

1 finer motif beneath it

Father kills daughter lest she become the property of a tyrant

Filed beside 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 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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