μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Marriage of a mortal and a god.

Sex. · Marriage. · Unusual marriage. · view the constellation · filed as T111.1

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Irish MacCulloch Celtic 13, *Cross
  • Greek cf. the various love affairs of Zeus with mortal maidens
  • India *Thompson-Balys
  • Hindu Tawney I 256, 302, 335, 351, 560f.
  • Maori Dixon 57.
Within the index

Filed under Marriage of mortal and supernatural being.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Maiden chooses disguised god as husband Man marries the daughter of a god
Filed beside it
Marriage to supernatural wives who disappear Supernatural wife summoned by bell Woman from sky-world marries mortal man Marriage of man with woman who has come from an egg God as lover of giantess (18 giantesses) Marriage of mortal and dwarf Marriage of mortal and angel
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Love of goddess for mortal. (Cf. T111.1.)

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