2 myths
Myths, legends, and mystical writings about Oaths from across Jewish tradition.
2 myths on JewishMythology.com retell how Jewish tradition imagines oaths, drawn from the Hebrew Bible, Midrash, Talmud, Kabbalah, and later Jewish literature. Each story below synthesizes primary sources into a single narrative; follow any myth to read it, and from there into the source passages behind it.
A noblewoman rescued from a desert well swears to marry by the heavens, a passing weasel, and the well. He forgets. The witnesses come collecting.
A merchant breaks his dying father vow, weds a demon princess of Ergetz, flees home, and she crosses the sky to claim every promise he sold.
