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Motif

Princess offered as prize to rescuer.

Sex. · Love. · Wooing. · view the constellation · filed as T68.1

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“The Princess, after a posthumous title had been conferred upon her, was buried with great magnificence a few miles to the east of the city, while Ch'un-yü remained in the capital, living in such state, and gaining so much influence, that he excited the King's jealousy; and when it was foretold, by means of signs in the heavens, that ruin threatened the kingdom, that its inhabitants would be swept away, and that this would be the work…”

— Myths & Legends of China, Chapter XVI · served from our shelf

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Scholars’ trail — 8references

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
  • ItalianBasile Pentamerone I No. 7
  • India*Thompson-Balys
  • ChineseWerner 420 → on our shelf: Myths & Legends of China, Chapter XVI
  • Africa (Angola)Chatelain 89 No. 5.
  • general *Types 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 506, 653
  • general *Hartland Perseus III 1–65
  • general *MacCulloch Childhood 17f.
Within the index

Filed under Princess offered as prize.

Filed beside it
Earl's daughter as reward to knight who helped to kill fierce buffaloPrincess as prize to man who saves his countryVanquished king gives hero his daughter and control over his kingdomGirl marries hunter when he promises to return to monkey brothers their human form. (Cf. D118.)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
City-godsCreation of the universeWild man as king of animalsUnusual animal as riding-horseMarriage to person in dog form. (Cf. B635.4, D141.)Marriage to dog in human formJointed snake can join its segments when it is broken into piecesTabu: looking under certain bell too soonJourney to Land of Women. Island of women, land of maidens, country of the Amazons, etcSpirits and demons (general)Remarkable persons. Extraordinary size, form, appearance, or habitsHeadless person with eyes (eye) and mouth on breast
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