The latter is referred to in the literature as the “Genoveva” theme. For details on the “Genevieve, Genoveva” genre, see Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th ed, vol. 11, p. 594; or, more recently and better, see K. 2,112 in Stith Thompson, Motif-Index of Folk-Literature (Bloomington: University of Indiana Press, 1957), vol. 4, p. 474.
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