Mortal woman rejects deity for human lover — Mythoi

Motif

Mortal woman rejects deity for human lover.

Sex. · Love. · The scorned lover. · view the constellation · filed as T75.0.2

Filed across the traditions

India Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Man scorned by his beloved.

Filed beside it

Suitors ill-treated Scorn of unloved suitor punished Scorned lover kills successful one Unrequited love expressed in song (poem) Lady humiliates lover after he leaves wife for her Scorned lover becomes an anchorite. (Cf. T330.) Divine hand catches scorned lover as he plunges from minaret top to die

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