Child unwittingly promised: "first thing you meet." (Jephthah's vow.) — Mythoi

Motif

Child unwittingly promised: "first thing you meet." (Jephthah's vow.)

Unnatural cruelty. · Cruel sacrifices. · Children unwittingly promised (sold). · view the constellation · filed as S241

Filed across the traditions

Spanish Espinosa Jr. No. 66
N. Am. Indian (Zuñi) Boas JAFL XXXV 66 No. 2.
general *Types 425, 810
general *BP II 329, 483
general *Fb "først" I 404, "møde" II 647a
general Wünsche 34f.
general *Tegethoff 18
general *Cox Cinderella 511
general *Andrejev FFC LXIX 50, 62, 228 n.
general Johnston MLN XXII 233. French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 17

Within the index

Filed under Children unwittingly promised (sold). (Cf. S211.)

3 finer motifs beneath it

Unwitting bargain with devil evaded by driving dog over bridge first. The child has been unwittingly promised (the first thing that goes over the bridge) Devil is to have last one who leaves "black school" Princess promised unwittingly to madman: "what you ask for."

Filed beside it

Girl promised unwittingly by her parents to ogre Child unwittingly promised: "what you have at home." The man thinks it is a cat (dog) Child unwittingly promised: Nix-Naught-Nothing. The child born while the father is away is named Nix-Naught-Nothing Child unwittingly promised: what is born on your farm. Two women agree that what is born on the farm of each belongs exclusively to the owner. The child of one is born on the farm of the other Daughter unwittingly promised to dog rescuer. (Cf. B620.1.) Without knowing that a dog has rescued her, the father offers her in marriage to her rescuer

Carried in tale types

The Animal as Bridegroom · ATU 425A 16 recorded variants
The Snares of the Evil One · ATU 810 2 recorded variants

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