Betrothal — Mythoi

Motif

Betrothal.

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

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Greco-Roman The Library (Bibliotheca) , BOOK III, ch. XV
Middle Eastern The Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments , Chapter 4
Middle Eastern The Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments , Chapter 8
Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter XXII XXII. Tabooed Words
Germanic Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes , Tale 69 69.— JOEINDA AND JOEINGEL.*

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth Cross
Icelandic Boberg
Jewish *Neuman.

Within the index

Filed under Wooing.

5 finer motifs beneath 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 Children born on same night betrothed. (Cf. B311, T22.4.)

Filed beside it

Girl carefully guarded from suitors King likes his daughter so much that he does not wish to marry her to anyone Mythical being asks for girl in marriage. (Cf. T111.) Wooing by emissary Bride purchased Matchmakers Choosing bride by horoscope. (Cf. B152.2, M302.4, T22.) Girl as wooer. Forthputting woman Means of attracting sweetheart Declaration of love Wooing the strong and beautiful bride Princess to marry first man who asks for her Princess's husband selected by elephant bowing to him. (Cf. H171.1.) King seeks bride only because counsellors insist Betrothal restrictions Help in wooing. (Cf. B582.)

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