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Motif

Disenchantment by kiss.

Magic. · Disenchantment. · Disenchantment by submission. · view the constellation · filed as D735

Filed across the traditions
  • English Child I 306ff., Icelandic: Sveinsson FFC LXXXIII xxxv, *Boberg
  • India *Thompson-Balys
  • Philippine Fansler MAFLS XII 247 No. 29
  • Africa Frobenius Atlantis I 108.
  • general *Type 410
  • general BP I 9, II 236 n., 271, 561
  • general Wimberly 335ff.
  • general Hartland Science 238 f., 241
  • general Taylor Washington Univ. Studies IV (2) (1917) 177 n. 9
  • general Klapper 112. Irish myth: *Cross
  • general France: Sébillot France I 244, III 291
Within the index

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

4 finer motifs beneath it
Beauty and the beast. Disenchantment of animal by being kissed by woman (man) Three redeeming kisses. (Die weisse Frau.) A woman can be disenchanted from animal form if man will kiss her three times, each time when she is in the form of a different terrifying animal Disenchantment from tree form by embrace of lover Disenchantment by enduring animal's embrace
Filed beside it
Disenchantment by obedience and kindness Loathly Lady. Man disenchants loathsome woman by embracing her Loathly bridegroom. Woman disenchants loathsome man by embracing him Disenchantment of animal by admission to woman's bed 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.)
Tabu: kissing. Usually causes disenchantment or magic forgetfulness. (Cf. D735, D2003.)
Carried in tale types

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