Daughter promised to monster as bride to secure flower (bird) she has asked for

Motif

Daughter promised to monster as bride to secure flower (bird) she has asked for.

Unnatural cruelty. · Cruel sacrifices. · Reasons for promise (sale) of child. · view the constellation · filed as S228

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.
general *Type 425C
general *Tegethoff 12, 18
general *BP II 229ff., *232 n. 2

Within the index

Filed under Reasons for promise (sale) of child.

Filed beside it

Child sold (promised) for money Childless couple promise child to the devil if they may only have one Child promised to devil for acting as godfather. (Cf. N411.)Child promised to devil for help on road with broken wagon Child promised to devil for directions out of woods when father is lost Child promised to devil in exchange for a good catch of fish Daughter promised to tiger in marriage for help in carrying load. (Cf. B620.1.)Children given in return for being taught magic Children sold in exchange for food Angry man gives away his daughter to a beggar

Carried in tale types

The Animal as Bridegroom · ATU 425A16 recorded variants
Son of the Witch (Cupid and Psyche) (previously The Disenchanted Husband: the Witch's Tasks) · ATU 425B12 recorded variants

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