μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Suicide to save virginity.

Sex. · Chastity and celibacy. · Escape from undesired lover. · view the constellation · filed as T326

Filed across the traditions
  • Spanish Exempla Keller.
Within the index

Filed under Escape from undesired lover.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Girls drown selves to save their virginity Man is killed defending sweetheart's honor. She kills herself Martyrdom to preserve virginity
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 Chaste woman resists advances of a conqueror Mutilation to repel lover. (Cf. S160, T333.) Girl lives in sepulchre to preserve chastity

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