μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Sick lover dies from exertion of embracing beloved.

Sex. · Love. · Tragic love. · view the constellation · filed as T81.5

Cited in the index
  • general Heptameron No. 50.
Within the index

Filed under Death from love.

Filed beside it
Man dies at bedside of dying sweetheart Death from unrequited love Girl falls dead on lover's body Man dies when the bride who had been denied him kisses him 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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