Seduction (or wooing) by stealing clothes of bathing girl (swan maiden) — Mythoi

Motif

Seduction (or wooing) by stealing clothes of bathing girl (swan maiden).

Deceptions. · Seduction or deceptive marriage. · Girl tricked into man's room (or power). · view the constellation · filed as K1335

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth *Cross
India *Thompson-Balys
Chinese Graham
Japanese Ikeda
Korean Zong in-Sob 22 No. 11
Philippine (Tinguian) Cole 109. See all notes to D361.1.
general *Types 313, 400
general Penzer VIII 58 n. 2, 213ff., IX 20 n. 1
general Hdwb. d. Märchens I 433b. nn. 92–105

Within the index

Filed under Girl tricked into man's room (or power).

Filed beside it

"No!" The princess must answer all questions by "No". By clever framing of his question the hero wins her to his desires Seduction by taking aboard ship to inspect wares Seduction by having maiden placed in floating chest Seduction (or wooing) on an aerial journey Magic helper brings girl to hero's bed Girl tricked into man's room (power) – miscellaneous

Carried in tale types

The Snake as Bridegroom (previously Bathing Girl's Garments Kept) · ATU 425M 2 recorded variants
The Stolen Clothing (previously Marriage by Stealing Clothing) · ATU 413 1 recorded variant

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