King (rich man) weds common girl. (Cf. L162, T91.6.2.)

Motif

King (rich man) weds common girl. (Cf. L162, T91.6.2.)

Sex. · Marriage. · Unusual marriage. · view the constellation · filed as T121.8

Scholars’ trail — 3references

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.

Icelandic*Boberg
India*Thompson-Balys
Buddhist mythMalalasekera I 938, II 1091.

Within the index

Filed under Unequal marriage.

1 finer motif beneath it

Infertile raja marries beggar woman in hope of having a son

Filed beside it

Knight weds peasant girl Noblewoman weds shepherd Princess marries courtier Ruler marries fugitive noblewoman Wealthy girl marries deformed and penniless philosopher Man weds his bondmaid Rich girl marries servant

Travels with

Lowly heroine marries prince (king)King (prince) in love with a lowly girl. (Cf. L162, T121.8.)

wander