Girl (man) married to (enamored of) a monster — Mythoi

Motif

Girl (man) married to (enamored of) a monster.

Sex. · Marriage. · Unusual marriage. · view the constellation · filed as T118

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth *Cross
India *Thompson-Balys
Japanese Ikeda.
general *Types 306, 506
general *Liljeblad passim
general *BP III 83
general *Kittredge Harvard Studies and Notes in Philology VIII 250

Within the index

Filed under Unusual marriage.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Monster husband invisible Marriage of dragon girl to orphan boy

Filed beside it

Marriage of mortal and supernatural being Marriage to man alive by night but dead by day Man marries ogre's daughter Marriage of person and object 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

Carried in tale types

The Insulted Bridegroom Disenchanted (previously Enchanted Animal Husband Insulted by Guests) · ATU 425* 1 recorded variant

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