Marriage of mortal and supernatural being — Mythoi

Motif

Marriage of mortal and supernatural being.

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

Filed across the traditions

India *Thompson-Balys
Chinese Graham.
general *Type 425
general *Tegethoff 16
general Krappe MLR XXIV (1929) 200ff.

Within the index

Filed under Unusual marriage.

8 finer motifs beneath it

Marriage to supernatural wives who disappear Supernatural wife summoned by bell Marriage of a mortal and a god 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

Filed beside it

Marriage to man alive by night but dead by day Man marries ogre's daughter Marriage of person and object Girl (man) married to (enamored of) a monster Unequal marriage Marriage by royal order. Widow hesitates to marry. Queen sends her a letter ordering her to marry the bearer (a suitor) Lazy boy and industrious girl matched. Jesus (incognito) as matchmaker Fantastic marriage

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Mythical being asks for girl in marriage. (Cf. T111.)

Carried in tale types

The Animal as Bridegroom · ATU 425A 48 recorded variants
The Girl as Goat · ATU 409A 1 recorded variant
The Promised Supernatural Wife (previously Child Weeping in his Mother's Womb is Promised Supernatural Wife) · ATU 409B* 1 recorded variant

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