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 knowledgeMan gives daughter in return for his release. (Cf. S222.)Bashful suitor directs his wooing to an oakFather punishes daughter by giving her to poor man in marriage
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Girl carefully guarded from suitorsKing likes his daughter so much that he does not wish to marry her to anyoneMythical being asks for girl in marriage. (Cf. T111.)Wooing by emissaryBride purchasedMatchmakersChoosing bride by horoscope. (Cf. B152.2, M302.4, T22.)Girl as wooer. Forthputting womanMeans of attracting sweetheartDeclaration of loveWooing the strong and beautiful brideBetrothalPrincess to marry first man who asks for herPrincess's husband selected by elephant bowing to him. (Cf. H171.1.)King seeks bride only because counsellors insistBetrothal restrictions

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