Merman marries maiden

Motif

Merman marries maiden.

Animals. · Mythical animals. · Fish-men. · view the constellation · filed as B82.1

Scholars’ trail — 3references

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.

DanishGrundtvig Danmarks Gamle Folkeviser No. 38. – Literary treatment: Arnold "The Forsaken Merman".
general Fb "havmand" I 571a
general English ballad: *Child I 366

Within the index

Filed under Merman.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Merman demands princess Harp music makes merman restore stolen bride

Filed beside it

Merman demands cattle as offering Youth takes service with merman Merman teaches music Merman attacked by putting steel in the water Merman caught by fisherman (released)Merman lays hands on side of canoe

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