Betrothal ceremony — Mythoi

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Betrothal ceremony.

Sex. · Love. · Wooing. · view the constellation · filed as T61.4

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Filed under Betrothal.

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Liquor brewed for betrothal At betrothal ceremony both parties drink out of the loving-cup Engagement ritual: intermediary sprinkles girl with flour Token of betrothal sent to parents of a proposed bridegroom; acceptance means agreement to proposed match Betrothal by gold ring

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Betrothal by lovers' drinking each other's blood Parting lovers pledge not to marry for seven years At betrothal maid makes shirt for her lover Children born on same night betrothed. (Cf. B311, T22.4.)