μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Scholars’ trail — 6references

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
  • Italian NovellaRotunda
  • 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 themWoman disappointed in love threatens to become prostituteProstitution to avoid starvationProstitute has favorite loverDevil causes girl to become prostitute. Destroys the girl's family and begets on her a boyBawds. Professional go-betweensGetting advice from a woman in bedWoman sells favors for particular purposeBed-partner to receive payment from first man she meets in the morning. It so happens: she marries the man and he makes her wealthySacred prostitutionWoman enjoys the ravishings of the enemy

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