μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

The courtship of the stork and the crane. Go a-courting one another across the marshes but never come to an understanding, as each time either one or the other changes his mind. (Cf. T91.)

Animals. · Animals with human traits. · Animal weddings. · view the constellation · filed as B282.23

Filed across the traditions
  • Lithuanian Balys Index No. *223
  • general Russian Andrejev No. *244 I.
Within the index

Filed under Bird wedding.

Filed beside it
Wedding of turkey and peacock. All birds invited except eagle. This omission starts great conflict Wedding of eagle with another bird Wedding of lark and another bird Wedding of owl Wedding of finch with another bird. (Cf. B285.1.) Wedding of goldfinch with another bird Wedding of bullfinch with another bird Wedding of titmouse with another bird Wedding of wren with another bird Wedding of sparrow and another bird Wedding of blackbird with another bird Wedding of thrush with another bird Wedding of woodpecker with another bird Wedding of magpie with another bird Wedding of heathcock with another bird Wedding of raven with another bird
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Unequals in love

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