The boy who had never seen a woman: the Satans. When he sees a girl and asks his father what it is, the father tells him it is Satan. Asked what he most likes he says, "The Satans." — Mythoi

Motif

The boy who had never seen a woman: the Satans. When he sees a girl and asks his father what it is, the father tells him it is Satan. Asked what he most likes he says, "The Satans."

Sex. · Chastity and celibacy. · Chastity and celibacy – miscellaneous. · view the constellation · filed as T371

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Filed across the traditions

Spanish Exempla Keller
Italian Novella *Rotunda
Jewish bin Gorion Born Judas IV 169, 282.
general *Type 1678
general *Chauvin III 105 No. 16
general Herbert III 5
general *Crane Vitry 169f. No. 82
general Alphabet No. 170
general Scala Celi 15b No. 89
general Boccaccio Decameron IV (proem) (*Lee 110)
general Nouvelles de Sens No. 2. U.S.: Baughman

Within the index

Filed under Chastity and celibacy – miscellaneous.

1 finer motif beneath it

Boy is denied sight of all women except his mother and his nurse until he is eighteen. He falls in love with the first woman who is more attractive than his mother

Filed beside it

Nun refuses to look at man Adulterous love changed into a chaste one Heavy chastity belt imposed on wife Young man betrothed to statue. Man puts marriage ring on finger of statue of Venus (Virgin Mary). She afterwards forbids him the embraces of an earthly bride Imprisoned virgin to prevent knowledge of men (marriage, impregnation). Usually kept in a tower. (Danaë.) Attempt to keep wife chaste by carrying her in box. In spite of all precautions she meets men Other futile attempts to keep wife chaste Message of chastity: uncooked meat left behind. Man conducting a woman leaves uncooked meat behind each night of the journey as a sign to the husband following that she has not been touched

Carried in tale types

The Boy who Had Never Seen a Woman · ATU 1678 1 recorded variant

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