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T300. T300. Chastity and celibacy. *Penzer III 172 n. 2; *Encyc. Religion Ethics III 474 s.v. “Chastity”; **J. Main Religious Chastity (New York, 1913); *E. Fehrle Die kultische Keuschheit im Altertum (Giessen, 1910). – Irish myth: Cross; Missouri French: Carrière; Jewish: *Neuman.
T301. T301. Sacrifice of virginity. Penzer I 275f.; *Hartland Tylor Anthropological Volume 189.
T302. T302. Methods of ascetics. India: Thompson-Balys.
T310. T310. Celibacy and continence. *Encyc. Religion Ethics III 271ff. s.v. “Celibacy”; Eskimo (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 163, 166, 261, (Greenland): Rink 410, Rasmussen I 137, 363, III 85, 154, 200, (Central): Boas RBAE VI 583, 637, (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 49.
T310.1. T310.1. Ceremonial continence. *Frazer Fasti IV 206ff.; **E. Fehrle Die kultische Keuschheit im Altertum (Giessen, 1910).
T310.1.1. T310.1.1. “Night of Sabbath” (Friday night) only devoted to conjugal pleasures. Jewish: *Neuman.
T311. T311. Woman averse to marriage. (Cf. T321.1, T327.3.) India: Thompson-Balys.
T311.0.1. T311.0.1. Woman’s aversion to marriage motivated through a dream. Chauvin V 125 No. 59, 130 No. 112.
T311.1. T311.1. Flight of maiden (bridegroom) to escape marriage. Type 888*; cf. Type 510B; *Toldo II 306; Alphabet No. 310; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Italian Novella: Rotunda; Greek: Aeschylus Suppliants line 5; India: Thompson-Balys.
T311.2. T311.2. Woman prefers to remain chaste rather than keep an impotent husband. (Cf. T271.1.) Italian Novella: Rotunda.
T311.2.1. T311.2.1. Girl commits suicide rather than marry man she does not love. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 262.
T311.3. T311.3. Girl remains a virgin after both her suitors are killed in battle. Italian Novella: Rotunda.
T311.4. T311.4. Maiden queen prefers to fight instead of marrying, but is at last conquered and married. Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 292, *Boberg.
T312. T312. Saint‘s daughter dies when wooed. Alphabet No. 390.
T312.1. T312.1. Woman dies when spoiled of her sanctity. Irish myth: Cross.
T313. T313. Ravished girl’s virginity restored by Virgin Mary. Ward II 703 No. 33; *Hibbard 12ff.
T313.1. T313.1. Ravished girl‘s virginity restored by saint. *Loomis White Magic 85; Irish myth: *Cross.
T313.1.1. T313.1.1. Pregnant nun’s virginity restored through power of saint. Irish myth: *Cross.
T314. T314. Father kills daughter lest she become prostitute. Alphabet No. 774.
T314.1. T314.1. Father kills daughter lest she become the property of a tyrant. Italian Novella: Rotunda.
T315. T315. Continence in marriage.
T315.1. T315.1. Marital continence by mutual agreement. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 689; Chaucer Second Nun‘s Tale (St. Cecelia); *Toldo II 304ff.; Jewish: *Neuman, Gaster Exempla 200 No. 73.
T315.2. T315.2. The continent husband. (Cf. T271.)
T315.2.1. T315.2.1. The audacious water and the continent husband. A woman with a continent husband (lover) splashes water on her thighs as she crosses a stream and then reproves it for being bolder than her husband. She thus calls attention to her situation. *Schoepperle 413ff.; *Köhler-Bolte II 346f.; Irish myth: *Cross.
T315.2.2. T315.2.2. Wife reproves continent husband by showing conduct of cock and hens. Nouvelles Récréations No. 32.
T315.2.2.1. T315.2.2.1. Wife reforms continent husband by having walls of bedroom painted with erotic scenes. India: Thompson-Balys.
T315.3. T315.3. Woman continent in two marriages to become a nun. Irish myth: Cross.
T317. T317. The repression of lust. (Cf. D1356.) Spanish Exempla: Keller.
T317.1. T317.1. Repression of lust through sitting in water. Dickson 92f. nn. 70, 71; Alphabet No. 750.
T317.2. T317.2. Repression of lust through prayer. Alphabet No. 14; Spanish Exempla: Keller.
T317.3. T317.3. Repression of lust through preaching. Alphabet No. 638.
T317.4. T317.4. Repression of lust through fasting. Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles No. 99; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Italian Novella: *Rotunda.
T317.5. T317.5. Man and woman in chaste love for twenty-five years. Italian Novella: Rotunda.
T317.6. T317.6. Monk finds that only abuse and cruel treatment from his fellow monks can conquer his lust. Spanish Exempla: Keller.
T318. T318. Wife proves her faithfulness. Had substituted for husband‘s mistress. Proves legitimacy of her child by producing tokens and by child’s missing toe (like her husband‘s four-toed foot). Italian Novella: *Rotunda.
T320. T320. Escape from undesired lover. Heptameron No. 26; Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Schlauch Romance in Iceland (New York, 1934) 105f., *Boberg.
T320.1. T320.1. Oft-proved fidelity. Repeated attempts to seduce innocent woman. She escapes them all. *Types 881, 882, 883AB, 888, 892; *Loomis White Magic 95; Irish myth: *Cross; Italian Novella: *Rotunda; India: Thompson-Balys.
T320.1.1. T320.1.1. Virginity saved in spite of torture. Undesired suitors give up task. Italian Novella: Rotunda.
T320.2. T320.2. Girl kills man who threatens her virtue. Irish myth: *Cross; Italian Novella: Rotunda; India: Thompson-Balys.
T320.2.1. T320.2.1. Woman escaping from slavery kills man who would ravish her. Italian Novella: Rotunda.
T320.3. T320.3. Bride puts to flight man who attempts to ravish her. Italian Novella: Rotunda.
T320.3.1. T320.3.1. Widow dons late husband‘s armor to put would-be ravisher to flight. Italian Novella: Rotunda.
T320.4. T320.4. Wife escapes lust of king by shaming him. Spanish Exempla: Keller; India: Thompson-Balys.
T320.4.1. T320.4.1. Woman escapes king‘s lust by inducing bad breath. India: Thompson-Balys.
T320.5. T320.5. Girl gives up wealth and flees to escape lecherous emperor. Spanish Exempla: Keller.
T320.6. T320.6. Wife sets fire to house to escape undesired lover. India: Thompson-Balys.
T321. T321. Escape from undesired lover by miracle. Icelandic: Boberg.
T321.1. T321.1. Maid pledged to celibacy is given, at her prayer, a beard. BP III 242.
T321.2. T321.2. Girl named Mary has virginity spared by knight who has bought her. The Virgin appears to her. *Ward II 628 No. 16, 697 No. 9; Scala Celi 115a No. 641; Von der Hagen III 451.
T321.3. T321.3. Girl’s virginity spared by knight when he sees her surrounded by the Virgin and her train. In her straits the girl has prayed for help. *Herbert III 356; Irish: Beal XXI 327.
T321.4. T321.4. Girl prays to Virgin to spare her virginity. Two soldiers quarrel over possessing her. Captain slays her, thus “saving” her. Italian Novella: Rotunda.
T321.5. T321.5. Magic sickness (discomfort) prevents lover from raping woman. Icelandic: *Boberg.
T321.6. T321.6. In answer to maiden‘s prayer saint changes boat’s course and guides it to another place. India: Thompson-Balys.
T322. T322. Girl strikes man who tries to kiss her. Pauli (ed. Bolte) Nos. 618, 619.
T322.1. T322.1. Woman kicks lecherous monk down the stairs. Heptameron No. 46A.
T322.2. T322.2. Princess threatens to kill amorous king. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule.
T322.3. T322.3. Undesired lover drugged and carried out. India: Thompson-Balys.
T322.4. T322.4. Girl pleads vow of chastity to repel lover. India: Thompson-Balys.
T323. T323. Escape from undesired lover by strategy.
T323.1. T323.1. Princess escapes from undesired lover by fleeing disguised as a bishop. Italian Novella: Rotunda.
T323.2. T323.2. Princess evades unwelcome lover by putting on foul-smelling skin-coat. India: Thompson-Balys.
T324. T324. Girl’s virginity saved by the kindness of an emissary. Makes the lord believe she is a relative. Italian Novella: Rotunda.
T325. T325. Chaste woman resists advances of a conqueror. Italian Novella: Rotunda.
T325.1. T325.1. Chaste woman promises conqueror drug of invulnerability. Has him try it on her. Cuts her head off. *Bonner Byzantion XIV 142ff.
T326. T326. Suicide to save virginity. Spanish Exempla: Keller.
T326.1. T326.1. Girls drown selves to save their virginity. Alphabet No. 773; Italian Novella: Rotunda.
T326.2. T326.2. Man is killed defending sweetheart‘s honor. She kills herself. Italian Novella: Rotunda.
T326.3. T326.3. Martyrdom to preserve virginity. Der Heiligen Leben und Leiden 100ff. (Santa Barbara).
T327. T327. Mutilation to repel lover. (Cf. S160, T333.) Heptameron No. 10; Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys.
T327.1. T327.1. Maiden sends to her lecherous lover (brother) her eyes (hands, breasts) which he has admired. Type 706; **Williamson Philological Quarterly XI 149; *BP I 303; *Crane Vitry 158 No. 57; Herbert III 72, 611; Hervieux IV No. 120; *Penzer III 20f.; Alphabet No. 136; *bin Gorion Born Judas@2 IV 175, 283; Pauli (ed. Bolte) Nos. 11, 12; Krappe Bulletin Hispanique XXXIX 40; Nouvelles de Sens No. 12. – Spanish Exempla: Keller; Italian: Basile Pentamerone III No. 2; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 273 n. 6; Africa (Bangola): Weeks 122.
T327.2. T327.2. Woman successfully prays for disease to repel lover. India: Thompson-Balys.
T327.3. T327.3. Saint plucks out her eye when urged to marry. Irish myth: *Cross.
T327.4. T327.4. Maidens befoul selves with blood to escape rape. Spanish Exempla: Keller.
T327.5. T327.5. Woman raises sores on her body to preserve chastity. India: Thompson-Balys.
T327.6. T327.6. Princess takes on loathsome disguise to avoid unwelcome demon-lover. India: Thompson-Balys.
T327.7. T327.7. Girl escapes from undesired lover by cutting off her plaits of hair. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 871*; Russian: Andrejev No. 871*.
T328. T328. Girl lives in sepulchre to preserve chastity. Scala Celi 33a No. 184.
T330. T330. Anchorites under temptation. *Toldo II 304ff.; *Loomis White Magic 187 n. 140; Italian Novella: Rotunda.
T331. T331. Man unsuccessfully tempted by woman. (St. Anthony.) Alphabet Nos. 128, 795; Wesselski Mönchslatein 103 No. 87; Krappe Bulletin Hispanique XXXIX 30; Irish myth: *Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: *Neuman, Gaster Exempla 192 Nos. 34, 34A; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 168, 887, 1034, II 37, 226, 594, 616, 707, 716, 892, 996, 1052, 1214, 1322.
T331.1. T331.1. Monk unsuccessfully tempted in nunnery. Alphabet No. 127.
T331.2. T331.2. Knight unsuccessfully tempted by host‘s wife. **Kittredge Gawain and the Green Knight.
T331.3. T331.3. Woman masks as man to deceive anchorite. Toldo I 347.
T331.4. T331.4. No place secret enough for fornication. Monk thus repels temptress. Herbert III 21; *Crane Vitry 243f. Nos. 256, 257.
T331.5. T331.5. Anchorite saved by a miracle. When he is about to give in to temptation a dove flies out of his mouth. On repenting the dove re-enters his mouth. Italian Novella: *Rotunda.
T331.6. T331.6. Saint flogs woman who tempts him. Irish myth: Cross.
T331.7. T331.7. Saint sleeps with maidens without sinning. Another saint, who doubts fact, undergoes same test and perceives its efficacy. Irish myth: Cross.
T331.8. T331.8. Monk unsuccessfully tempted by woman he formerly loved. Heptameron No. 64.
T331.9. T331.9. Monk yells “thief” to repel temptress. When she seeks him in his bed he screams. He says she steals his most valuable possession, virtue. Spanish Exempla: Keller.
T332. T332. Man tempted by fiend in woman‘s shape. (Or woman by fiend in man’s shape.) *Kittredge Witchcraft 211, 525 n. 49; *Herbert III 357ff.; Chauvin II 226 No. 3; Gaster Exempla 213 No. 136; *Toldo II 307ff., 310ff.; Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 887; Wesselski Mönchslatein 72 No. 63; Alphabet No. 257. – Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 816*; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 11 No. 86; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Italian Novella: *Rotunda.
T332.1. T332.1. Woman sent by deity to tempt self-righteous anchorite. India: Thompson-Balys.
T333. T333. Man mutilates himself to remove temptation. *Mensa Philosophica No. 104; Italian Novella: Rotunda.
T333.1. T333.1. Tempted man bites out his tongue and spits it in temptress‘s face. *Herbert III 343; Alphabet No. 138; Scala Celi 15b No. 186.
T333.2. T333.2. Tempted man burns off his fingers. Frightens his temptress. Wesselski Mönchslatein 23 No. 18; *Crane Vitry 236 No. 246; Herbert III 20; Scala Celi 13b No. 80; *Krappe Bulletin Hispanique XXXIX 34. – Spanish Exempla: Keller; Italian Novella: Rotunda.
T333.3. T333.3. Man disfigures his face to remove temptation. Alphabet No. 659; Spanish Exempla: Keller.
T333.3.1. T333.3.1. Tempted rabbi tears out his eyes to escape temptation. Jewish: Neuman.
T333.4. T333.4. Tempted holy man mutilates genitals. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman.
T333.5. T333.5. Hero cuts off head and wraps it in napkin so he will not be tempted by sight of virgins. India: Thompson-Balys.
T334. T334. Monk cures himself of desire for dead sweetheart. He digs up her remains. *Crane Vitry 236 No. 245; Herbert III 20.
T334.1. T334.1. Monk goes into desert to avoid temptation of women, the prime source of sin. Spanish Exempla: Keller.
T335. T335. Saint exposes self to temptation but preserves chastity. Thus insures self greater reward in Heaven. Irish myth: *Cross:
T336. T336. Sight or touch of woman as source of sin. Alphabet Nos. 16, 527, 732, 776; Scala Celi 121b, 156b Nos. 666, 874; Mensa Philosophica No. 104; Herbert III 343, 434; Spanish Exempla: *Keller.
T336.1. T336.1. Woman’s girdle as source of sin. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 378.
T336.2. T336.2. Woman‘s voice as source of sin. Jewish: Neuman.
T337. T337. Woman wagers that she can seduce anchorite. Alphabet No. 528; Italian Novella: *Rotunda.
T337.1. T337.1. Saint’s enemy, wishing to cause saint to violate his oath never to “commit folly and utter lie,” induces his daughter to tempt saint. Saint perceives trick and avoids sin. Irish myth: Cross.
T338. T338. Virtuous man seduced by woman. Nouvelles de Sens No. 15; India: Thompson-Balys.
T338.1. T338.1. Ascetic successfully tempted: kills son born in consequence. India: Thompson-Balys.
T350. T350. Chaste sleeping together. Irish myth: *Cross.
T351. T351. Sword of chastity. A two-edged sword is laid between the couple sleeping together. *Type 303; *BP I 554, IV 202; *Cox Cinderella 488 n. 21; *Huet Romania XXXVI 50; *Chauvin V 62 No. 19 n. 2, VIII 194 No. 235 n. 1; *Fb “sværd” III 690a; Hdwb. d. Märchens I 104a; Gaster Exempla 242 No. 330; *Hibbard 69 n. 8; Tardel Untersuchungen zur mittelhochdeutschen Spielmannspoesie (Schwerin, 1894) 22 n. 2; Thien 24; Gunter Die christliche Legende des Abendlandes 21; *Schoepperle II 430ff.; Köhler-Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. VI 76 (to Gonzenbach No. 40); Child V 497 s.v. “sword”. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Italian: Basile Pentamerone I No. 9, *Rotunda; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys.
T351.1. T351.1. Bed-cover of chastity. Similar to sword of chastity. Italian: Basile Pentamerone I No. 7.
T352. T352. Boy sleeps between couple to safeguard their virtue. Irish myth: *Cross.
T353. T353. Object set between beds of couple sleeping in same room. Irish myth: *Cross.
T354. T354. Chaste sleeping together to torment woman. Man remains utterly impassive. India: Thompson-Balys.
T355. T355. Chaste sleeping together with six sisters-in-law one by one. India: Thompson-Balys.
T356. T356. Young man sleeps on girl‘s mat without touching her to signify his desire. S. A. Indian (Brazil): Oberg Mato Grosso 110.
T360. T360. Chastity and celibacy – miscellaneous.
T362. T362. Nun refuses to look at man.
T362.1. T362.1. Nun so opposed to seeing men that she refuses to see St. Martin. Spanish Exempla: Keller.
T371. T371. The boy who had never seen a woman: the Satans. When he sees a girl and asks his father what it is, the father tells him it is Satan. Asked what he most likes he says, “The Satans.” *Type 1678; *Chauvin III 105 No. 16; Herbert III 5; *Crane Vitry 169f. No. 82; Alphabet No. 170; Scala Celi 15b No. 89; Boccaccio Decameron IV (proem) (*Lee 110); Nouvelles de Sens No. 2. – U.S.: Baughman; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Italian Novella: *Rotunda; Jewish: bin Gorion Born Judas IV 169, 282.
T371.1. T371.1. Boy is denied sight of all women except his mother and his nurse until he is eighteen. He falls in love with the first woman who is more attractive than his mother. Italian Novella: Rotunda.
T372. T372. Adulterous love changed into a chaste one. Italian Novella: Rotunda.
T373. T373. Heavy chastity belt imposed on wife. Italian Novella: Rotunda.
T376. T376. Young man betrothed to statue. Man puts marriage ring on finger of statue of Venus (Virgin Mary). She afterwards forbids him the embraces of an earthly bride. **Baum PMLA XXXIV 523ff.; Alphabet Nos. 48, 465, 656; Ward II 609 No. 22, 621 No. 31, 626 No. 7; Scala Celi 111b No. 620.
T376.1. T376.1. Man leaves earthly bride for service of Virgin. *Crane Miraculis 89 No. 16, 98 No. 35; Wesselski Mönchslatein 60 No. 51; Wells 170; Spanish Exempla: Keller.
T381. T381. Imprisoned virgin to prevent knowledge of men (marriage, impregnation). Usually kept in a tower. (Danaë.) *Types 310, 516; *Krappe Balor 2ff., 11 nn. 38, 39; *Hertel Zs. f. Vksk. XIX 83ff. (chest on water); *Rösch FFC LXXVII 103, 107f.; *Krappe Le Moyen Age 96ff.; *Loomis White Magic 119. – Irish myth: *Cross; Italian Novella: Rotunda; Greek: *Frazer Apollodorus I 153 n. 3, 154 n. 1, *Hartland Perseus chap. 1; Babylonian: Spence 157; Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Korean: Zong in-Sob 5 No. 2; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 277 n. 21b; West Indies: Flowers 578.
T381.0.1. T381.0.1. Girl intended for marriage with king cloistered. Irish myth: *Cross.
T381.0.2. T381.0.2. Wife imprisoned in tower (house) to preserve chastity. Italian Novella: *Rotunda.
T381.1. T381.1. Guarded maiden first seen by hero in church. *Type 516; Rösch FFC LXXVII 103; Icelandic: Boberg.
T381.1.1. T381.1.1. Guarded maiden first seen by hero in otherworld. Irish myth: Cross.
T382. T382. Attempt to keep wife chaste by carrying her in box. In spite of all precautions she meets men. *Hertel Zs. f. Vksk. XIX 83ff.; Wesselski Märchen 185; Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 1053; Japanese: Ikeda.
T383. T383. Other futile attempts to keep wife chaste. Italian Novella: *Rotunda.
T386. T386. Message of chastity: uncooked meat left behind. Man conducting a woman leaves uncooked meat behind each night of the journey as a sign to the husband following that she has not been touched. *Schoepperle II 414, 419; Irish myth: *Cross.
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