Various animals tried out as wives. Only one accepted

Motif

Various animals tried out as wives. Only one accepted.

Animals. · Marriage of person to animal. · Marriage of person to animal. · view the constellation · filed as B600.1

Attested across traditions

North American Indigenous Tales of the North American Indians , Tale 66 receipt

Scholars’ trail — 1 reference (open)

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.

N. Am. Indian *Thompson Tales 348 n. 254b.

Within the index

Filed under Marriage of person to animal. Extremely common. Only a few references are given.

1 finer motif beneath it

Various animals tried out as wives: none accepted

Filed beside it

Animal husband provides characteristic animal food Marriage of person to beast. (Cf. B641, B651) Marriage to bird. (Cf. B644.) Marriage to fish (whale). (Cf. B612.) Marriage to reptile. (Cf. B613, B622.1, B642, B652.) Marriage to dragon

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Animal kingdom (or community) Horse paramour Journey to animal kingdom. Usually underground

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