μῦθοι Mythoi
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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.

  • Spanish ExemplaKeller.
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Filed under Celibacy and continence.

7 finer motifs beneath it
T317.0.1 Life shortened by incontinence. 300-year old man has had intercourse every two yearsRepression of lust through sitting in waterRepression of lust through prayerRepression of lust through preachingRepression of lust through fastingMan and woman in chaste love for twenty-five yearsMonk finds that only abuse and cruel treatment from his fellow monks can conquer his lust
Filed beside it
Ceremonial continenceWoman averse to marriage. (Cf. T321.1, T327.3.)Saint's daughter dies when wooedRavished girl's virginity restored by Virgin MaryFather kills daughter lest she become prostituteContinence in marriageWife 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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Magic object represses lust

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