μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Girl strikes man who tries to kiss her.

Sex. · Chastity and celibacy. · Escape from undesired lover. · view the constellation · filed as T322

Cited in the index
  • general Pauli (ed. Bolte) Nos. 618, 619.
Within the index

Filed under Escape from undesired lover.

4 finer motifs beneath it
Woman kicks lecherous monk down the stairs Princess threatens to kill amorous king Undesired lover drugged and carried out Girl pleads vow of chastity to repel lover
Filed beside it
Oft-proved fidelity. Repeated attempts to seduce innocent woman. She escapes them all 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 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

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