Oft-proved fidelity. Repeated attempts to seduce innocent woman. She escapes them all — Mythoi

Motif

Oft-proved fidelity. Repeated attempts to seduce innocent woman. She escapes them all.

Sex. · Chastity and celibacy. · Escape from undesired lover. · view the constellation · filed as T320.1

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth *Cross
Italian Novella *Rotunda
India Thompson-Balys.
general *Types 881, 882, 883AB, 888, 892
general *Loomis White Magic 95

Within the index

Filed under Escape from undesired lover.

1 finer motif beneath it

Virginity saved in spite of torture. Undesired suitors give up task

Filed beside it

Girl kills man who threatens her virtue Bride puts to flight man who attempts to ravish her Wife escapes lust of king by shaming him Girl gives up wealth and flees to escape lecherous emperor Wife sets fire to house to escape undesired lover Escape from undesired lover by miracle Girl strikes man who tries to kiss her Escape from undesired lover by strategy Girl's virginity saved by the kindness of an emissary. Makes the lord believe she is a relative Chaste woman resists advances of a conqueror Suicide to save virginity Mutilation to repel lover. (Cf. S160, T333.) Girl lives in sepulchre to preserve chastity

Carried in tale types

The Abandoned Bride Disguised as a Man · ATU 881A 2 recorded variants
The Innocent Slandered Maiden · ATU 883A 2 recorded variants
Oft-proved Fidelity · ATU 881 1 recorded variant
The Faithful Wife · ATU 888 1 recorded variant

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