μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Year's respite from unwelcome marriage.

Sex. · Marriage. · Happenings at weddings. · view the constellation · filed as T151

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth *Cross
  • Welsh MacCulloch Celtic 94
  • English Wells 135 (Sir Degare)
  • Icelandic *Boberg
  • India *Thompson-Balys.
  • general *Type 300, 301
  • general *Loomis White Magic 120
Within the index

Filed under Happenings at weddings.

5 finer motifs beneath it
Respite ruse. Captive maiden assigns quest, agreeing to marry when it is accomplished Father giving away daughter makes condition: son-in-law not to see daughter as his wife during one year Six months' respite from unwelcome marriage Thirty days' respite from unwelcome marriage Other respites from unwelcome marriage (three months, two years, etc.)
Filed beside it
Bride wounded accidentally on way home. Fatal wound from bridegroom's sword Bridegroom slain on way to bride Cruel stepmother enchants stepdaughter on eve of wedding. (Cf. D5, S31.) Old beggar transforms wedding party into wolves. (Cf. D113.1.) Marriage for a night to evade law. In order to have girl escape unwelcome marriage, the hero agrees to marry her and give her up the next day. He puts up a large bond as pledge to give her up. But he gets hold of the money by trickery and keeps her Affianced wife of chieftain falls in love with another man at betrothal feast, drugs the company with sleeping potion, and forces man of her choice to elope with her

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