μῦθοι Mythoi
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Filed under Wooing.

5 finer motifs beneath it
100 brothers seek 100 sisters as wives. (Seven – seven, fifty – fifty, etc.) Parents affiance children without their knowledge Man gives daughter in return for his release. (Cf. S222.) Bashful suitor directs his wooing to an oak Father punishes daughter by giving her to poor man in marriage
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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 Betrothal 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

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