Bridegroom does not know what to do on his wedding night — Mythoi

Motif

Bridegroom does not know what to do on his wedding night.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd ignorance. · Absurd ignorance. · view the constellation · filed as J1744.1

Filed across the traditions

India Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Ignorance of marriage relations.

1 finer motif beneath it

Bridegroom gets into bed. The numskull groom on his wedding night does not know how to get to the bed, the curtains being drawn. He scales one of the posts, clambers to the canopy, falls upon his bride below, who screams for help

Carried in tale types

The Wedding Night · ATU 1686 1 recorded variant

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