μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 8references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

  • Irish myth*Cross
  • Spanish ExemplaKeller
  • Jewish*Neuman, Gaster Exempla 192 Nos. 34, 34A
  • India*Thompson-Balys
  • Buddhist mythMalalasekera I 168, 887, 1034, II 37, 226, 594, 616, 707, 716, 892, 996, 1052, 1214, 1322.
  • general Alphabet Nos. 128, 795
  • general Wesselski Mönchslatein 103 No. 87
  • general Krappe Bulletin Hispanique XXXIX 30
Within the index

Filed under Anchorites under temptation.

9 finer motifs beneath it
Monk unsuccessfully tempted in nunneryKnight unsuccessfully tempted by host's wifeWoman masks as man to deceive anchoriteNo place secret enough for fornication. Monk thus repels temptressAnchorite saved by a miracle. When he is about to give in to temptation a dove flies out of his mouth. On repenting the dove re-enters his mouthSaint flogs woman who tempts himSaint sleeps with maidens without sinning. Another saint, who doubts fact, undergoes same test and perceives its efficacyMonk unsuccessfully tempted by woman he formerly lovedMonk yells "thief" to repel temptress. When she seeks him in his bed he screams. He says she steals his most valuable possession, virtue
Filed beside it
Man tempted by fiend in woman's shape. (Or woman by fiend in man's shape.)Man mutilates himself to remove temptationMonk cures himself of desire for dead sweetheart. He digs up her remainsSaint exposes self to temptation but preserves chastity. Thus insures self greater reward in HeavenSight or touch of woman as source of sinWoman wagers that she can seduce anchoriteVirtuous man seduced by woman

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