μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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.

  • Irish mythCross
  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
  • general Child V 500 s. v. "Unequal"
Within the index

Filed under Unusual marriage.

8 finer motifs beneath it
Knight weds peasant girlNoblewoman weds shepherdPrincess marries courtierRuler marries fugitive noblewomanWealthy girl marries deformed and penniless philosopherMan weds his bondmaidRich girl marries servantKing (rich man) weds common girl. (Cf. L162, T91.6.2.)
Filed beside it
Marriage of mortal and supernatural beingMarriage to man alive by night but dead by dayMan marries ogre's daughterMarriage of person and objectGirl (man) married to (enamored of) a monsterMarriage 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 matchmakerFantastic marriage

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