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Motif

Loathly bridegroom. Woman disenchants loathsome man by embracing him.

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

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“Go now, and take up your abode with your husband.”’ They put on their best clothes and went. On the way they had to pass Raven’s house, and heard the Ravens laughing inside, be- cause the girls had to marry Dirty-Boy. The elder sister said, “Let us go in and see what they are laughing about!” The younger one said, “‘No, our father told us to go straight to our husband.”’ The elder one went in, and sat down beside Raven’s eldest son.”

Tales of the North American Indians, Tale 48 · served from our shelf  receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

Attested across traditions
Scholars’ trail — 4references

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.

  • India*Thompson-Balys
  • Eskimo (Kodiak)Golder JAFL XVI 16
  • N. Am. Indian*Thompson Tales 329 n. 188
  • S. Am. Indian (Toba)Métraux MAFLS XL 44, 87.
Within the index

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

3 finer motifs beneath it
Hairy anchorite. Beast-like man seduced by beautiful woman becomes human and handsomeSwine bridegroom. Bride disenchants him by her love. He returns to original formLoathly husband a god in disguise
Filed beside it
Disenchantment by obedience and kindnessLoathly Lady. Man disenchants loathsome woman by embracing herDisenchantment of animal by admission to woman's bedDisenchantment by kissDisenchantment of monster when prince promises to marry the monster's mother. The prince imagines falsely that the mother is also a monsterDisenchantment by promise to marryDisenchantment by sexual intercourse. Man disenchants woman in form of a bearDisenchantment by feeding enchanted animals
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Suitor tests. A suitor is put to severe tests by his prospective bride or father-in-lawTrapping contest won by deceptionImpostors claim reward (prize) earned by heroFortunate youngest son. Always has good luckHero (heroine) of unpromising occupation

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