Bear as suitor. (Cf. B601.1, B611.1, B635.1.)

Motif

Bear as suitor. (Cf. B601.1, B611.1, B635.1.)

Animals. · Marriage of person to animal. · Animal suitor. · view the constellation · filed as B621.1

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

FinnishThe Kalevala, Rune XXII
FinnishThe Kalevala, Rune XXIII
Greco-RomanThe Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK III, ch. IX
FinnishThe Kalevala, Rune XXXVIII
North American IndigenousTales of the North American Indians, Tale 82LXXXII. THE WHITE CAT 233

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.

general Fb "björn" IV 43a.

Within the index

Filed under Beast as suitor.

Filed beside it

Lion as suitor Tiger as suitor Rat as suitor Leopard as suitor Pig as suitor Horse as suitor Wolf and wolverine fight over girl

Travels with

Marriage to bear. (Cf. B611.1, B631, B635.1)Bear paramour. (Cf. B601.1., B631, B635.)The Bear's Son. Human son of woman who marries a bear acquires bear characteristics. (Cf. B601.1.)

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