Maiden sends to her lecherous lover (brother) her eyes (hands, breasts) which he has admired — Mythoi

Motif

Maiden sends to her lecherous lover (brother) her eyes (hands, breasts) which he has admired.

Sex. · Chastity and celibacy. · Escape from undesired lover. · view the constellation · filed as T327.1

Filed across the traditions

Italian Basile Pentamerone III No. 2
N. Am. Indian *Thompson Tales 273 n. 6
general Type 706
general **Williamson Philological Quarterly XI 149
general *BP I 303
general *Crane Vitry 158 No. 57
general Herbert III 72, 611
general Hervieux IV No. 120
general *Penzer III 20f.
general Alphabet No. 136
general *bin Gorion Born Judas 2d ed. IV 175, 283
general Pauli (ed. Bolte) Nos. 11, 12
general Krappe Bulletin Hispanique XXXIX 40
general Nouvelles de Sens No. 12. Spanish Exempla: Keller

…and 1 more.

Within the index

Filed under Mutilation to repel lover. (Cf. S160, T333.)

Filed beside it

Woman successfully prays for disease to repel lover Saint plucks out her eye when urged to marry Maidens befoul selves with blood to escape rape Woman raises sores on her body to preserve chastity Princess takes on loathsome disguise to avoid unwelcome demon-lover Girl escapes from undesired lover by cutting off her plaits of hair

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Self-mutilation. (Cf. T327.1, T327.2, T333.)

Carried in tale types

The Chaste Nun (previously Present to the Lover) · ATU 706B 1 recorded variant

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