Bridegroom driven from bridal chamber by magic. Usually by hornets or wasps — Mythoi

Motif

Bridegroom driven from bridal chamber by magic. Usually by hornets or wasps.

Sex. · Marriage. · Consummation of marriage. · view the constellation · filed as T171

Filed across the traditions

Italian Basile Pentamerone III No. 5
Japanese Ikeda
N. Am. Indian Thompson CColl II 411ff.
general *Type 559
general *BP II 454

Within the index

Filed under Consummation of marriage.

Filed beside it

Jus primae noctis. Overlord claims right of sleeping the first night with subject's wife Feast of "bedding and handspreading" before consummation of marriage Girl may remain virgin for three days after marriage. (Cf. C117.) Bride afraid of intercourse refuses consummation until judge orders it in court Dangers to husband in bridal chamber Murderous bride Magic perils threaten bridal couple. The perils are various – magic horse, poison, enchanted clothes, etc Bridegroom magically impelled to leave his bride Dangerous husband. (Cf. T172.) Death from intercourse

Carried in tale types

Dungbeetle · ATU 559 12 recorded variants

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