μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Within the index
10 finer motifs beneath it
RapeUnknown (clandestine) paramourIncognito mistress. King's mistress secretly becomes hero's without revealing identityAdulteryDay husband: night husband. Woman has two husbands: juggler at home only at night, robber only in day. They do not know about each other. (Similarly, day wife: night wife.)Maidservant given to lover's companion as bed-partner. (Cf. T281.)Fruit-picking time used for sexual promiscuityMan has a son not his wife's; wife has a daughter not her husband's. Children become loversQueen makes all men who come to serve her copulate with herBlack nipples of girl's breasts reveal her loss of virginity

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