μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 10references

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.

  • IrishMacCulloch Celtic 130, *Cross
  • Icelandic*Boberg
  • Jewish*Neuman
  • Greek*Grote I 157, 163
  • India*Thompson-Balys
  • ChineseGraham
  • Philippine (Tinguian)Cole 57
  • Africa (Fang)Tessman 175f.
  • general *Type 890 (Christiansen Norske Eventyr 113)
  • general *Fb "brud" IV 64a
Within the index

Filed under Wooing.

9 finer motifs beneath 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 goldDowry given at marriage of daughterAttempt 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
Filed beside it
Girl carefully guarded from suitorsKing likes his daughter so much that he does not wish to marry her to anyoneMythical being asks for girl in marriage. (Cf. T111.)Wooing by emissaryMatchmakersChoosing bride by horoscope. (Cf. B152.2, M302.4, T22.)Girl as wooer. Forthputting womanMeans of attracting sweetheartDeclaration of loveWooing the strong and beautiful brideBetrothalPrincess to marry first man who asks for herPrincess's husband selected by elephant bowing to him. (Cf. H171.1.)King seeks bride only because counsellors insistBetrothal restrictionsHelp in wooing. (Cf. B582.)
Carried in tale types

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