μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

  • general *Type 822.
Within the index

Filed under Unusual marriage.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Fool given intelligent wife; lame man hardworking wifeBlind girl marries lame man. (Cf. H886.)
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 monsterUnequal marriageMarriage by royal order. Widow hesitates to marry. Queen sends her a letter ordering her to marry the bearer (a suitor)Fantastic marriage

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