μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth *Cross
  • Jewish *Neuman
  • India *Thompson-Balys
  • Chinese Eberhard FFC CXX 69, 209 No. 157.
  • general *Penzer II 8, 9 n. 2, 10, V 39, VII 69 n. 1, 103, 258, VIII 98
Within the index

Filed under Tragic love.

8 finer motifs beneath 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 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
Filed beside it
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
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Dying lover sends his sweetheart his ring. (Cf. T81.)

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