The constellation
S243 Child unwittingly promised: Nix-Naught-Nothing. The child born while the father is away is named Nix-Naught-Nothing
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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: 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