Bear paramour. (Cf. B601.1., B631, B635.)

Motif

Bear paramour. (Cf. B601.1., B631, B635.)

Animals. · Marriage of person to animal. · Animal paramour. · view the constellation · filed as B611.1

“When the elder sister saw that the rabbit had all been eaten, she became very angry, and said, “Now I have a mind to kill you.” So the little sister arose quickly, took her little brother on her back, and said, “I am going out to look for wood.”’ As she went out, she followed the narrow trail through the prickly-pears and met her six brothers in the brush. Then they decided to leave the country, and started off as fast as they could go.”

— Tales of the North American Indians, Tale 64 · served from our shelf receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

Attested across traditions

North American IndigenousTales of the North American Indians, Tale 64 receipt

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Literary CrystallizationFaust: A Tragedy, First Part, Scene 17 (At the Fountain)

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

IndiaThompson-Balys. N. Am. Indian: Thompson Tales 345 nn. 244, 245.

Within the index

Filed under Beast paramour. (Cf. B601.)

Filed beside it

Dog paramour. (Cf. B601.2, B642.)Horse paramour Bull paramour Deer paramour Monkey paramour Rat paramour Tapir paramour

Travels with

Marriage to bear. (Cf. B611.1, B631, B635.1)Bear as suitor. (Cf. B601.1, B611.1, B635.1.)Human offspring from marriage to animal Human foster-child with animal qualities Eaten meat of bear-lover causes unborn son to have bear characteristics. (Cf. B611.1.)

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

The Soul Vital bodily members. They possess life independent of the rest of the body. (Cf. F1096.)Achilles heel. Invulnerability except in one spot

wander