Lazy boy and industrious girl matched. Jesus (incognito) as matchmaker — Mythoi

Motif

Lazy boy and industrious girl matched. Jesus (incognito) as matchmaker.

Sex. · Marriage. · Unusual marriage. · view the constellation · filed as T125

Cited in the index

general *Type 822.

Within the index

Filed under Unusual marriage.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Fool given intelligent wife; lame man hardworking wife Blind girl marries lame man. (Cf. H886.)

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 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) Fantastic marriage

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