Marriage to bear. (Cf. B611.1, B631, B635.1) — Mythoi

Motif

Marriage to bear. (Cf. B611.1, B631, B635.1).

Animals. · Marriage of person to animal. · Marriage of person to animal. · view the constellation · filed as B601.1

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Filed across the traditions

Icel. Boberg
India *Thompson-Balys
Chinese Eberhard FFC CXX 64, 178.
general *Fb "björn" IV 42b.

Within the index

Filed under Marriage of person to beast. (Cf. B641, B651).

1 finer motif beneath it

Bear steals woman and makes her his wife

Filed beside it

Marriage to dog. (Cf. B611.2, B641.1.) Marriage to rat Marriage to leopard Marriage to elephant Marriage to lemur Marriage to monkey Marriage to swine Marriage to tiger Marriage to deer Marriage to jackal Marriage to cat Marriage to hare Marriage to fox Marriage to jaguar Marriage to wolf Marriage to coati-puri

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Bear paramour. (Cf. B601.1., B631, B635.) Bear as suitor. (Cf. B601.1, B611.1, B635.1.) Human offspring from marriage to animal The Bear's Son. Human son of woman who marries a bear acquires bear characteristics. (Cf. B601.1.)

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