The Bear's Son. Human son of woman who marries a bear acquires bear characteristics. (Cf. B601.1.)

Motif

The Bear's Son. Human son of woman who marries a bear acquires bear characteristics. (Cf. B601.1.)

Animals. · Marriage of person to animal. · Offspring of marriage to animal. · view the constellation · filed as B635.1

Scholars’ trail — 8references

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 *Type 301
general *BP II 300ff.
general Cosquin I 6
general MacCulloch Childhood 270
general Panzer Beowulf I 246
general *Wesselski Märchen 249 No. 57
general *Fb "bjørn" IV 42b
general *Dickson Valentine and Orson 118 nn. 49, 50, 172 n. 30.

Within the index

Filed under Human foster-child with animal qualities.

3 finer motifs beneath it

Eaten meat of bear-lover causes unborn son to have bear characteristics. (Cf. B611.1.)Bear's foster child not used to sun and light Bear says he is boy's father; asks food

Filed beside it

Wolf boy (girl) running around with wolf and cubs recovered by parents after six years: recognized by scar Child of mortal and deer has deer's hair on temple Son of dog ("cu," person)

Travels with

Marriage to bear. (Cf. B611.1, B631, B635.1)Bear as suitor. (Cf. B601.1, B611.1, B635.1.)

wander