The constellation
S240 Children unwittingly promised (sold). (Cf. S211.)
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- Girl promised unwittingly by her parents to ogre · S240.1 entry
- Child unwittingly promised: "first thing you meet." (Jephthah's vow.) · S241 entry
- Child unwittingly promised: "what you have at home." The man thinks it is a cat (dog) · S242 entry
- Child unwittingly promised: Nix-Naught-Nothing. The child born while the father is away is named Nix-Naught-Nothing · S243 entry
- Child unwittingly promised: what is born on your farm. Two women agree that what is born on the farm of each belongs exclusively to the owner. The child of one is born on the farm of the other · S245 entry
- Daughter unwittingly promised to dog rescuer. (Cf. B620.1.) Without knowing that a dog has rescued her, the father offers her in marriage to her rescuer · S247 entry
cross-ref
carried in tale type
- The Man on a Quest for his Lost Wife · ATU 400
- The Magic Flight · ATU 313
- Our Lady's Child · ATU 710
- Robber Madej (previously The Devil's Contract) · ATU 756B
- The Nix of the Mill-pond · ATU 316