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Motif

Chaste woman resists advances of a conqueror.

Sex. · Chastity and celibacy. · Escape from undesired lover. · view the constellation · filed as T325

Filed across the traditions
  • Italian Novella Rotunda.
Within the index

Filed under Escape from undesired lover.

1 finer motif beneath it
Chaste woman promises conqueror drug of invulnerability. Has him try it on her. Cuts her head off
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 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 Suicide to save virginity Mutilation to repel lover. (Cf. S160, T333.) Girl lives in sepulchre to preserve chastity

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