Wifeliness

Wifeliness

See also Domesticity.

Amoret

Sir Scudamore’s wife; loving and ever-devoted. [Br. Lit.: Faerie Queene]

Arundhati

example of the ideal Hindu wife. [Hindu Legend: Benét, 56]

Billy Boy

question-and-answer ballad pointing up merits of possible bride. [Br. and Am. Folklore: Leach, 139]

Martha

personification of the busy housekeeper. [N.T.: Luke 10:39]

Penelope

a model of wifely virtue. [Gk. Lit.: Odyssey]

Allusions—Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.