Origin of marriage

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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

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Scholars’ trail — 5references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

FinnishAarne FFC VIII 7 No. 26, XXXIII 52 No. 26
FlemishDeMeyer FFC XXXVII 84 No. 26
Irish mythCross
IndiaThompson-Balys
ChineseGraham.

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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