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Origin of marriage.

Mythological motifs. · Creation and ordering of human life. · Origin of customs. · Origin of customs of courtship and marriage. · view the constellation · filed as A1555

Filed across the traditions
  • Finnish Aarne FFC VIII 7 No. 26, XXXIII 52 No. 26
  • Flemish DeMeyer FFC XXXVII 84 No. 26
  • Irish myth Cross
  • India Thompson-Balys
  • Chinese Graham.
Within the index

Filed under Origin of customs of courtship and marriage.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Origin of wedding ceremony Origin of custom of purchasing wives Why umbrellas are used to welcome bride to new home
Filed beside it
Why women do not woo Marriage between close relatives Origin of exogamy and endogamy Origin of love-songs Origin of sexual restrictions Why woman is master of her husband. (Cf. A1372.9.) Origin of divorce Origin of customs of courtship and marriage – miscellaneous

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