μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Italian Novella Rotunda
  • Jewish Neuman
  • India Thompson-Balys.
Within the index
9 finer motifs beneath it
Death from love Bath of blood of beloved to cure love-sick empress Hero and Leander. Lover drowned as he swims to see his mistress Lovers treacherously separated Woman mourns dead lover Lovers buried in same grave Lovers forbidden to marry starve themselves to death Woman stricken by plague and forsaken by her husband is sought out by unsuccessful lover and dies in his arms Tragic love – miscellaneous motifs

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