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Thread #161176 Message #3832291
Posted By: Lighter
13-Jan-17 - 06:41 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Died for Love: Sources and variants
Subject: RE: Origins: Died for Love: Sources and variants
I think that "liberty" is used in a general sense, as defined by Oxford, of
"The condition of being able to act or function without hindrance or restraint; faculty or power to do as one likes."
"Freedom" would be the more likely word today.
However...versions about babies and suicides surely *imply* that her loss of freedom comes from both her loss of virginity and her love for her seducer.