Hero lies by princess in magic sleep and begets child.
Sex. · Illicit sexual relations. · Illicit sexual relations – miscellaneous motifs. · view the constellation · filed as T475.2
Motif
Filed across the traditions
- Italian Basile Pentamerone V No. 5
- India Thompson-Balys
- Icelandic Boberg.
Within the index
Filed under Unknown (clandestine) paramour.
1 finer motif beneath it
Filed beside it
Carried in tale types
- Water of Life (previously The Sons on a Quest for a Wonderful Remedy for their Father) · ATU 551 4 recorded variants
- The Dangerous Night-Watch (previously The Hunter) · ATU 304 3 recorded variants
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