Marriage of kings

Motif

Marriage of kings.

Society. · Royalty and nobility. · Kings. · view the constellation · filed as P18

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Attested across traditions

Middle EasternThe Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, Chapter 23 receipt
“they performed the ceremony of the contract of the marriage of the King Bedr Basim, the son of the Queen Jullanar of the Sea, to the Queen Joharah.”

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Middle EasternThe Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, Chapter 23
GreekThe Iliad, Book 24
IndicThe Mahābhārata, Book 1, Section CII
Middle EasternThe Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, Chapter 10
Middle EasternThe Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, Chapter 17

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

Irish mythCross.

Within the index

Filed under Kings.

2 finer motifs beneath it

After highly mourned wife's death the king marries another who turns out to be an evil witch Limited number of wives for polygamous king

Filed beside it

Special place where occur births of royalty Choice of kings Character of kings Customs connected with kings Particular practices of kings Adventures of kings End of king's reign Succession to the throne Other motifs connected with kings

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