Bridal chamber invaded by magic dragon (serpent). (Cf. B176.1.)

Motif

Bridal chamber invaded by magic dragon (serpent). (Cf. B176.1.)

Sex. · Marriage. · Consummation of marriage. · view the constellation · filed as T172.2

Scholars’ trail — 4references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

ItalianBasile Pentamerone IV No. 9
India*Thompson-Balys.
general *Types 507AB, 516
general Liljeblad passim

Within the index

Filed under Dangers to husband in bridal chamber.

1 finer motif beneath it

Grateful dead man kills princess's monster husband. (Or otherwise renders her innocuous to the bridegroom.)

Filed beside it

All husbands have perished on bridal night. See references to F547.1.1, F582, F582.1 Bridal chamber filled with coiled snakes Bride's monster-father tries to kill husband, but is defeated

Travels with

Magic serpent. (Cf. B108, B112, B123, B161–165.)

Carried in tale types

Faithful John · ATU 51636 recorded variants

wander