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From the epics · 6 tellings · contested
Savitri and Satyavan
Savitri marries a prince fated to die in a year, follows Yama when he takes him and wins his life back with her words.
Folk tale · 1 telling · contested
The lamps that kept Death at the door
A bride keeps her fated husband awake and blinds Yama, come as a serpent, with lamps and a heap of gold; the tale told for the Yama lamp of Dhanteras.