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Motif

Sword of chastity. A two-edged sword is laid between the couple sleeping together.

Sex. · Chastity and celibacy. · Chaste sleeping together. · view the constellation · filed as T351

Filed across the traditions
  • Icelandic *Boberg
  • Italian Basile Pentamerone I No. 9, *Rotunda
  • Jewish *Neuman
  • India Thompson-Balys.
  • general *Type 303
  • general *BP I 554, IV 202
  • general *Cox Cinderella 488 n. 21
  • general *Huet Romania XXXVI 50
  • general *Chauvin V 62 No. 19 n. 2, VIII 194 No. 235 n. 1
  • general *Fb "sværd" III 690a
  • general Hdwb. d. Märchens I 104a
  • general Gaster Exempla 242 No. 330
  • general *Hibbard 69 n. 8
  • general Tardel Untersuchungen zur mittelhochdeutschen Spielmannspoesie (Schwerin, 1894) 22 n. 2
  • general Thien 24
  • general Gunter Die christliche Legende des Abendlandes 21

…and 3 more.

Within the index

Filed under Chaste sleeping together.

1 finer motif beneath it
Bed-cover of chastity. Similar to sword of chastity
Filed beside it
Boy sleeps between couple to safeguard their virtue Object set between beds of couple sleeping in same room Chaste sleeping together to torment woman. Man remains utterly impassive Chaste sleeping together with six sisters-in-law one by one Young man sleeps on girl's mat without touching her to signify his desire
Carried in tale types

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