μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Ring of Fastrada. (Tove's magic ring.) Lover keeps body of dead mistress (wife) intact by means of magic ring. When ring is removed from her finger, the body immediately decays and he is cured of his love.

Sex. · Love. · Tragic love. · view the constellation · filed as T85.4.1

Cited in the index
  • general **A. Pauls Der Ring der Fastrada (Aachen, 1896)
  • general **K. Nyrop Fortids Sagn og Sange 1: Tove's Tryllering (København, 1907)
  • general *Chauvin II 202 No. 48
  • general *Moth Danske Studier (1915) 97ff.
  • general *BP I 463f.
  • general *G. Paris Journal des Savants Nov. 1896
  • general Euphorion VI 186.
Within the index

Filed under Lover's body kept embalmed for years by grieving mistress. (Cf. T211.4.)

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