μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Icelandic Hdwb. d. Märchens I 450a n. 534
  • Italian Basile Pentamerone, Introduction
  • Japanese Ikeda.
Within the index

Filed under Predestined lovers. Future wife or husband assigned by destiny. (Cf. T54.)

Filed beside it
Lovers mated before birth. Fate compels their union as soon as they meet Predestined wife. (Cf. M312.1.) Lovers fated to marry each other born at same time; identical prophecies for both. (Cf. T61.5.)

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