Man and woman in chaste love for twenty-five years — Mythoi

Motif

Man and woman in chaste love for twenty-five years.

Sex. · Chastity and celibacy. · Celibacy and continence. · view the constellation · filed as T317.5

Filed across the traditions

Italian Novella Rotunda.

Within the index

Filed under The repression of lust. (Cf. D1356.)

Filed beside it

T317.0.1 Life shortened by incontinence. 300-year old man has had intercourse every two years Repression of lust through sitting in water Repression of lust through prayer Repression of lust through preaching Repression of lust through fasting Monk finds that only abuse and cruel treatment from his fellow monks can conquer his lust

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