Old beggar transforms wedding party into wolves. (Cf. D113.1.) — Mythoi

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Old beggar transforms wedding party into wolves. (Cf. D113.1.)

Sex. · Marriage. · Happenings at weddings. · view the constellation · filed as T155

Filed across the traditions

Finnish Aarne FFC VIII 14 No. 75, XXXIII 53 No. 75
Estonian Aarne FFC XXV 130 No. 73, 145 No. 38
Lithuanian Balys Index No. 3674
Livonian Loorits FFC LXVI 63 No. 160.
general Dh III 454

Within the index

Filed under Happenings at weddings.

Filed beside it

Year's respite from unwelcome marriage 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.) 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

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Transformation: man to wolf

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