The constellation
T55 Girl as wooer. Forthputting woman
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- Princess declares her love for lowly hero · T55.1 entry
- Servant-girl helps prince if he will make her chief wife · T55.2 entry
- Lady in love with ruler enlists friend's aid. Rendezvous arranged · T55.3 entry
- Little girl will give prince marvelous objects if he promises to marry her later · T55.4 entry
- Princess feigns sickness to woo hero. Only marriage to him will cure her · T55.5 entry
- Person (man, woman) exhibits figure · T55.6 entry
- Princess elects herself husband from the young men present. (Cf. H311, H362, T131.0.1.) · T55.7 entry
- Princess declares love by presenting cup of drink at feast · T55.8 entry
- Harper as love messenger sent by girl · T55.9 entry
- Princess offers reward for securing prince as husband for her · T55.10 entry
- Princess transforms self to woo. (Cf. D658.) · T55.11 entry
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