Several men marry one woman — Mythoi

Motif

Several men marry one woman.

Sex. · Marriage. · Marriage customs. · view the constellation · filed as T146.1

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Filed across the traditions

Jewish Neuman.
general Grimm No. 4 → on our shelf: Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 4

Within the index

Filed under Polyandry. Woman with two husbands.

Filed beside it

Woman requires thirty men

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Speaking cat Magic bed Resuscitation by warming dead man Revenant as dog. (Cf. E421.3.6.) Revenant as old man Fear test: going into the church at night and ringing the bell Hero plays skittles with demons Ogre's (dwarf's) beard caught fast Dressmaker (milliner, etc.) Adultery punished. (Cf. Q411.0.1, Q413.2, Q414.0.2, Q416.1.1, Q418.1, Q421.0.2, Q421.0.6, Q424.2, Q428.1, Q431.8, Q432.2, Q434.1, Q451.1.5, Q451.2.4, Q451.4.8, Q451.5.1, Q451.6.1, Q451.14, Q455.2, Q456.0.1, Q457.3, Q458.0.1, Q461.3, Q466.1, Q469.1, Q473.0.2, Q473.1.1, Q473.2.1, Q478.1, Q478.2, Q478.3, Q484, Q493.1, Q499.2.1, Q537.1, Q552.3.0.3, Q555.2, Q587.) Hanging as punishment for adultery. (Cf. Q241.)

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