Origin of divorce

Motif

Origin of divorce.

Mythological motifs. · Creation and ordering of human life. · Origin of customs. · Origin of customs of courtship and marriage. · view the constellation · filed as A1558

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Middle EasternThe Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, Chapter 11
Middle EasternThe Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, Chapter 15

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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general Africa (Akan-Ashanti): Rattray 242 No. 62.

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Filed under Origin of customs of courtship and marriage.

Filed beside it

Why women do not woo Marriage between close relatives Origin of exogamy and endogamy Origin of love-songs Origin of marriage Origin of sexual restrictions Why woman is master of her husband. (Cf. A1372.9.)Origin of customs of courtship and marriage – miscellaneous

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