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T150 Happenings at weddings
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- Year's respite from unwelcome marriage · T151 entry
- Bride wounded accidentally on way home. Fatal wound from bridegroom's sword · T152 entry
- Bridegroom slain on way to bride · T153 entry
- Cruel stepmother enchants stepdaughter on eve of wedding. (Cf. D5, S31.) · T154 entry
- Old beggar transforms wedding party into wolves. (Cf. D113.1.) · T155 entry
- Marriage for a night to evade law. In order to have girl escape unwelcome marriage, the hero agrees to marry her and give her up the next day. He puts up a large bond as pledge to give her up. But he gets hold of the money by trickery and keeps her · T156 entry
- Affianced wife of chieftain falls in love with another man at betrothal feast, drugs the company with sleeping potion, and forces man of her choice to elope with her · T157 entry