Children born on same night betrothed. (Cf. B311, T22.4.)

Motif

Children born on same night betrothed. (Cf. B311, T22.4.)

Sex. · Love. · Wooing. · view the constellation · filed as T61.5

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

Irish mythCross.

Within the index

Filed under Betrothal.

3 finer motifs beneath it

Betrothal of hero to princess while both are still in cradle Children ten and twelve years old betroth themselves Unborn children promised in marriage to each other

Filed beside it

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 Betrothal ceremony

Travels with

Congenital helpful animal. Born at same time as master and (usually) by same magic means Lovers fated to marry each other born at same time; identical prophecies for both. (Cf. T61.5.)

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