μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Hairy anchorite. Beast-like man seduced by beautiful woman becomes human and handsome.

Magic. · Disenchantment. · Disenchantment by submission. · view the constellation · filed as D733.1

Cited in the index
  • general *C. A. Williams Oriental Affinities of the Legend of the Hairy Anchorite (U. of Illinois, 1925) 15
  • general Gaster Oldest Stories 43.
Within the index

Filed under Loathly bridegroom. Woman disenchants loathsome man by embracing him.

Filed beside it
Swine bridegroom. Bride disenchants him by her love. He returns to original form Loathly husband a god in disguise

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