μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Prostitution and concubinage.

Sex. · Illicit sexual relations. · Prostitution and concubinage. · view the constellation · filed as T450

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth *Cross
  • Italian Novella Rotunda
  • India *Thompson-Balys.
  • general *Encyc. Religion Ethics III 809 s. v. "concubinage"
  • general *Penzer X 272 s. v. "prostitution", X 288 s. v. "sacred prostitution"
  • general Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 218
Within the index
11 finer motifs beneath it
Wife born to be prostitute. Husband unable to change her ways, submits to them Woman disappointed in love threatens to become prostitute Prostitution to avoid starvation Prostitute has favorite lover Devil causes girl to become prostitute. Destroys the girl's family and begets on her a boy Bawds. Professional go-betweens Getting advice from a woman in bed Woman sells favors for particular purpose Bed-partner to receive payment from first man she meets in the morning. It so happens: she marries the man and he makes her wealthy Sacred prostitution Woman enjoys the ravishings of the enemy

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