Woman stricken by plague and forsaken by her husband is sought out by unsuccessful lover and dies in his arms — Mythoi

Motif

Woman stricken by plague and forsaken by her husband is sought out by unsuccessful lover and dies in his arms.

Sex. · Love. · Tragic love. · view the constellation · filed as T88

Filed across the traditions

Italian Novella Rotunda.

Within the index

Filed under Tragic love.

1 finer motif beneath it

Love kept up even after one of the parties is married to another

Filed beside 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 Tragic love – miscellaneous motifs

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