Guarded maiden first seen by hero in church — Mythoi

Motif

Guarded maiden first seen by hero in church.

Sex. · Chastity and celibacy. · Chastity and celibacy – miscellaneous. · view the constellation · filed as T381.1

Filed across the traditions

Icelandic Boberg.
general *Type 516
general Rösch FFC LXXVII 103

Within the index

Filed under Imprisoned virgin to prevent knowledge of men (marriage, impregnation). Usually kept in a tower. (Danaë.)

1 finer motif beneath it

Guarded maiden first seen by hero in otherworld

Filed beside it

Girl intended for marriage with king cloistered Wife imprisoned in tower (house) to preserve chastity [First Edition: T381.2. Guardians of imprisoned virgin put to sleep while man enters to her.]

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