Marriage for a night to insure heir of warrior destined to be slain (next day) in battle

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Marriage for a night to insure heir of warrior destined to be slain (next day) in battle.

Sex. · Marriage. · Happenings at weddings. · view the constellation · filed as T156.1

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Filed under 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.

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