Woman sells favors for particular purpose — Mythoi

Motif

Woman sells favors for particular purpose.

Sex. · Illicit sexual relations. · Prostitution and concubinage. · view the constellation · filed as T455

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth *Cross.

Within the index

Filed under Prostitution and concubinage.

7 finer motifs beneath it

Woman sells favors to obtain a jewel Woman sacrifices her honor to free her husband (brother) from prison Woman sells favors for beautiful clothes Parents urge girl to trade her favors for truce with hostile warrior Woman gives favors to pay for help across river Woman sells favors for large sum of money (property) Princess gives herself to Turks of her own accord in order to save her people

Filed beside 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 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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