μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Loathly Lady. Man disenchants loathsome woman by embracing her.

Magic. · Disenchantment. · Disenchantment by submission. · view the constellation · filed as D732

Filed across the traditions
  • Icelandic *Boberg. – Ila (Rhodesia): Smith and Dale II 404 No. 1
  • India Thompson-Balys.
  • general Maynadier The Wife of Bath's Tale
  • general Taylor Washington Univ. Studies IV (2) (1917) 177 n. 9
  • general Vogt MLN XXXVII 339
  • general Coomaraswamy On the Loathly Bride (Speculum 1945, 391ff.)
  • general Krappe Philological Quarterly XXVI 352ff. – Irish myth: *Cross
Within the index

Filed under Disenchantment by submission. The helper must submit to the will of the enchanted person.

1 finer motif beneath it
Disenchantment of girl by carrying her on back
Filed beside it
Disenchantment by obedience and kindness Loathly bridegroom. Woman disenchants loathsome man by embracing him Disenchantment of animal by admission to woman's bed Disenchantment by kiss Disenchantment of monster when prince promises to marry the monster's mother. The prince imagines falsely that the mother is also a monster Disenchantment by promise to marry Disenchantment by sexual intercourse. Man disenchants woman in form of a bear Disenchantment by feeding enchanted animals
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Magic beautification of fairy. (Cf. D732, F234.)
Carried in tale types

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