The continent husband. (Cf. T271.) — Mythoi

Motif

The continent husband. (Cf. T271.)

Sex. · Chastity and celibacy. · Celibacy and continence. · view the constellation · filed as T315.2

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Greco-Roman The Library (Bibliotheca) , BOOK III, ch. V
Ancient Egyptian The Egyptian Book of the Dead , Chapter CLXIX
Literary Crystallization The Vision; or, Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise , Hell 34
Literary Crystallization The Vision; or, Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise , Purgatory 28
Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter LXII LXII. The Fire-Festivals of Europe

Within the index

Filed under Continence in marriage.

2 finer motifs beneath it

The audacious water and the continent husband. A woman with a continent husband (lover) splashes water on her thighs as she crosses a stream and then reproves it for being bolder than her husband. She thus calls attention to her situation Wife reproves continent husband by showing conduct of cock and hens

Filed beside it

Marital continence by mutual agreement Woman continent in two marriages to become a nun

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

The neglected wife

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