μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Italian Novella *Rotunda.
  • general Virgil Aeneid IV 505ff. (Dido)
Within the index

Filed under Death from love.

1 finer motif beneath it
Scorned lover kills self
Filed beside it
Man dies at bedside of dying sweetheart Girl falls dead on lover's body Man dies when the bride who had been denied him kisses him Sick lover dies from exertion of embracing beloved Girl kills herself after lover's death Woman dies on hearing of lover's or husband's death. (Cf. T211.9.1.) Wife swallows hot coal and dies because her husband is unfaithful

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