μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Scholars’ trail — 3references

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.

  • IcelandicBoberg
  • Jewish*Neuman
  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
Within the index

Filed under Bride purchased.

1 finer motif beneath it
Amount of dowry fixed by custom in bride's family
Filed beside it
Prince buys twig (flower) (enchanted girl) from her mother. (Cf. D212, D215.)Purchase money instead of bride given to suitor to settle disputeBride purchased for her weight in goldAttempt to purchase wifeRich girl gives poor suitor necklace with which to pay her bride-pricePrincess asked for in return for sparing palace. (Cf. S222.)Absent man's wife demanded in law court in payment of debt by creditorVillage given to bride-to-be as part of her dowry

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