μῦθοι Mythoi
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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 *BP II 58.
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Filed under Wedding ceremony.

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Touching of privates considered a marriage pactWedding by proxyGroom's sword makes vermillion mark on bride's forehead as wedding ceremonyMarriage by exchange of garlandsMarriage by drinking festival. (Cf. T136.1.)The bride must have someone to give her away, usually her father or brotherTwo or more weddings at one time as the end of a taleWedding ceremony in churchMarriage custom: going round and round fire (pillar, etc.)Bride and groom drink from same cup as part of ceremonyBodies of would-be bride and groom besmeared with turmeric and mustard-oilBride and groom look into a big mirror while old member of family knocks both their heads togetherWedding-canopy over bride and groomBreaking a glass during wedding ceremony

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