μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Bird wedding.

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

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Missouri-French Carrière.
  • general *RTP V 15
  • general *Fb "ørn" III 1183b
  • general *Hdwb. d. Aberglaubens s.v. "Vogelhochzeit"
  • general Mélusine I 193, 287, 553
Within the index

Filed under Animal weddings.

23 finer motifs beneath 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 Wedding of quail with another bird Wedding of hoopoe with another bird Wedding of cuckoo with another bird Wedding of pigeon with another bird Wedding of cock and hen Wedding of crow and titmouse 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.)
Filed beside it
Beast wedding Wedding of fish Wedding of amphibians Wedding of insects Plant wedding
Carried in tale types

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