μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth *Cross
  • Icelandic *Boberg
  • Jewish *Neuman
  • India *Thompson-Balys
  • Africa (Duala) Lederbogen Märchen 82, (Fang): Trilles Legends 263f.
Within the index

Filed under Marriage customs.

9 finer motifs beneath it
Polygyny Marriage to five women, each with separate duties Second wife taken because first is barren Competition in ale-brewing between king's two wives Man's two wives each claim part of his body: they torment him Man pulled down stairs by his two wives Polygamist must love all his wives Man's senior wife ugly but diligent; his second, beautiful but lazy Polygamy so that head wife may be quickly replaced for wrongdoing
Filed beside it
Marriage restrictions Preparation for wedding Travel to wedding Conduct of bridal couple before ceremony Wedding ceremony Accompaniments of wedding Customs following wedding Assignment of bride to another Infant marriages Polyandry. Woman with two husbands Marriages made at annual festival Matriarchy

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