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Motif

Continence in marriage.

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

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Filed under Celibacy and continence.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Marital continence by mutual agreement The continent husband. (Cf. T271.) Woman continent in two marriages to become a nun
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 Father kills daughter lest she become prostitute 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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