286 motifs match “bride” — showing the first 100; narrow the words for the rest  ·  back to the chapters

• God represented as bridegroom. A137.12
• Why umbrellas are used to welcome bride to new home. A1555.3
• Harp music makes merman restore stolen bride. B82.1.2
• Lion is freed from net by mouse. Mouse asks that his son marry lion's daughter. Request granted. The mouse is trampled to death by his bride. B363.1
• Tabu: not to lay down basket carrying bride on wedding journey. C169.1
• Tabu: bride eating on journey to husband. C232.1
• Transformation to eagle so as to scour country for lovely woman as bride for king. D647.2
• Loathly bridegroom. Woman disenchants loathsome man by embracing him. D733
• Swine bridegroom. Bride disenchants him by her love. He returns to original form. D733.2
• Magic arrow shot to determine where to seek bride. D1314.1.3
• Magic object provides beautiful bride for hero. D1595
• Jewelry intended by groom for prospective bride strangely disappears and a slip of paper alone is left in box. (Cf. D1071.) D1641.14
• Three-fold magic sleep. Husband (lover) put to sleep by false bride. Only on the third night (the last chance) he wakes. D1971
• Hero wakened from magic sleep by wife who has purchased place in his bed from false bride. (Cf. D1971.) D1978.4
• Forgotten fiancée attracts attention by magically stopping wedding carriage of new bride. D2006.1.5
• Bride enchanted by witch loses her sexual organs. D2062.4.1
• "Golden" son of supernatural bride of king has the power of producing gold and gold buildings, ornaments etc. D2102.4
• Hero resuscitated by his bride, daughter of king of death. E121.1.3.1
• Ghost substitutes for bride on her wedding journey. E363.1.1
• Journey to otherworld to secure bride. F87
• Hebrides, Isle of Man (Falga) as otherworld. F134.1
• Changeling bride. Fairies steal bride and leave a substitute. F322.1
• Fairy borrows comb from Christian maid to comb hair of changeling bride. (Cf. F324.1.) F322.1.1
• Abducted bride hidden in fairyland. F322.4
• Giant bride's equipment. F531.1.12
• Serpent damsel. Woman has serpent inside which comes out and kills her bridegrooms. F582.1
• Bridegroom dies from joy. F1041.1.5.1
• King keeps to his bed, mourning over vanished bride. F1041.9.1.2
• Witch breaks bridegroom's leg when slighted by bride. G269.12.1
• Devil tries to get man to kill his bride (wife). G303.9.4.3
• Devil plays fiddle at wedding. Causes bad luck (kills bridegroom). G303.9.8.2
• Bridegroom alone able to pluck flower from bride's grave. H31.12.1
• Recognition of false bride by inability to finish true bride's weaving. H35.3.1
• Recognition of maidservant substitute bride by her habitual conversation. H38.2.3
• Severed finger as sign of crime. Robber bridegroom thus detected. H57.2.1
• Seller of trinkets tells of heroine's address of son as "tiger's son" and brings about recognition of true bride. H151.15
• Task: to win ogress' daughter for a bride. H305
• Suitor tests. A suitor is put to severe tests by his prospective bride or father-in-law. H310
• Brother unwittingly qualifies as bridegroom of sister in test. H310.2
• Bridegroom-to-be has to have three pecks, three quarts of gold and an animal with a horn on his head pointing to the sky, and a large red hair. H312.8
• Suitor test: obedience and humility before bride. H313
• Suitor contest: bride offered to suitor giving the token of the greater love. H315.2
• Suitor preferred who will pay enormous sum for bride. H318
• Suitor contests: bride offered as prize. H331
• Suitor contest: bride offered to the one distinguishing himself most in battle. Girl loves both suitors equally. H331.2.1.1
• Suitors contest with bride's father in shooting. H331.4.1
• Loser in bride-race must die. H331.5.0.1
• Apple thrown in race with bride. Distracts girl's attention and as she stops to pick it up, suitor passes her. (Atalanta.) H331.5.1.1
• Suitor contest: race with bride's father. H331.5.2
• Suitor contest: wrestling with bride. H331.6.1
• Suitor in contest with bride or member of her family. H332
• Suitor in contest with bride. H332.1
• Suitor test: duel with bride. H332.1.1
• Suitor test: to defeat bride in game. H332.1.2
• Suitor test: to defeat bride at dice. H332.1.2.1
• Suitor test: to defeat bride in harping. H332.1.3
• Suitor test: tournament with bride. H332.1.4
• Shooting contest with bride-to-be. H332.1.5
• Groom and his army have to fight bride's army. H332.4
• Tasks assigned suitors. Bride as prize for accomplishment. (For nature of tasks see H1000ff.) H335
• Bride helps suitor perform his tasks. H335.0.1
• Bride's parents (supernatural) help suitor win in suitor contests. H335.0.1.2
• Suitor task: avenging bride's father's death before marriage. H335.1
• Suitor task: avenging bride's former fiance before marriage. H335.1.1
• Suitor test: obtaining for bride a necklace like her mother's. H355.5
• Bride test. H360
• Ring (jewel) bride test. Hero will marry girl possessing certain ring or jewel. H361
• Bride chosen from girls assembled at feast. (Cf. H311.) H362
• Bride test: wearing deceased wife's clothes. H363.1
• Bride test: wearing deceased wife's ring. H363.2
• Bride test: size of feet. H365
• Bride test: performance of tasks. H373
• Bride contest: game. H375
• Bride test: procuring food plants in shortest time. H375.3
• Bride test: thrift. H381
• Bride test: making dress from wasted flax. H381.1
• Bride test: thrifty cutting of cheese. Three girls tested. First eats rind and all, second cuts away good cheese, third cuts away just enough. H381.2
• Bride test: thrifty peeling of apple. H381.2.1
• Bride test: thrifty scraping of bread tray. H381.2.2
• Bride test: industry. H382
• Bride test: key in flax reveals laziness. Suitor hides key in flax on spinning wheel. Finds it there next day. H382.1
• Bride test: domestic skill. H383
• Bride test: bread-making. H383.1
• Bride test: bread-making – dough under fingernails. After three weeks the girl still has dough under her fingernails. H383.1.1
• Bride test: cooking griddle cakes. H383.1.2
• Bride test: cloth-working. H383.2
• Bride test: spinning – girl cannot use spinning-wheel. H383.2.1
• Bride test: weaving magic cloth, sewing magic shirt. H383.2.2
• Bride test: sewing a shirt for bridegroom's father. H383.2.3
• Bride test: skillful sweeping. H383.3
• Bride test: cooking. H383.4
• Bride test: ale brewing. H383.4.1
• Bride test: cutting up a monster fish with scaly hide. H383.5
• Bride test: kindness. H384
• Bride test: kindness – father-in-law disguised as beggar. H384.1
• Wealthy (handsome) suitor disguised as beggar to test bride's kindness. H384.1.1
• Prince disguised as a madman to test bride's character. H384.1.2
• Bride test: greediness. H385
• Bride test: obedience. H386
• Bride test: to allow oneself to be beaten with shoe. H386.1