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

• Old man from sky as creator. – Old man with his wife comes from the sky. Are the first couple on earth. Have seven sons and seven daughters. Each son marries a daughter. A21.2
• Sun marries woman. A736.7.1
• Mortal marries star-girl. A762.2
• First man descends on earth, falls in love with and marries a fairy. A1275.9
• Mermaid marries man. B81.2
• Merman marries maiden. B82.1
• The Bear's Son. Human son of woman who marries a bear acquires bear characteristics. (Cf. B601.1.) B635.1
• Man becomes deer and marries deer. B648
• Man marries crane in human form. B652.2
• Mother wishes lazy daughter may marry devil. Devil appears and marries her. C12.4.1
• Woman marries in spite of warning dream. Bears blind child who soon dies. C168.1
• Dead mother haunts daughter who marries against mother's will. E222.2
• Father will die when daughter marries. (Cf. E765.4.3.) E765.4.1
• Person will die year he marries. E765.4.4
• Mortal marries king of otherworld. F167.12.1
• Girl goes to fairyland and marries fairy. F301.3
• Fairy mistress. Mortal man marries or lives with fairy woman. F302
• Man goes to fairyland and marries fairy. F302.1
• Man marries fairy and takes her to his home. F302.2
• Man is carried to fairyland by fairy and marries her. F302.3.1.3
• Child of demon king marries mortal. F402.2.3
• Mortal goes to home of water-spirits and marries. (Cf. F301.3.) F420.6.1.3
• Water-maiden goes to home of mortal and marries. F420.6.1.4
• Water-man marries fairy. F420.6.2.1
• Water-maiden marries giant. (Cf. F531.5.7.) F420.6.2.2
• Man marries tree maiden. F441.2.3.1
• Man marries spirit of willow tree. She must part from him when tree is cut down. F441.2.3.1.1
• Mountain-girl marries mortal man. Supernaturally strong man as offspring. F460.4.1
• Marathon marriage. Woman who has been widowed twenty-two times marries a man who has been a widower twenty times. F1073
• Woman who marries tiger is fed human nails regularly. G11.6.2
• Cannibal marries wife by force. G81.1
• Fairy-like witch marries man and causes him misfortune. G264.4
• Devil marries a widow who maltreats him. G303.12.2
• Devil marries old maid who proves to be a termagant and a miser. G303.12.3
• Devil marries girl. G303.12.5
• Devil marries disdainful girl; she escapes. G303.12.5.2
• Devil marries girl whose rich mother refuses to let her marry common young men of community. G303.12.5.3
• Man marries a she-devil He catches her as succubus and marries. Some years later his wife's brothers invite them to a feast (wedding) and he gets gifts or wife's dowry. G303.12.6.1
• Man marries girl bringing his clothes soonest. H375.2
• Man marries girl who guesses his riddles. H552
• Question (propounded on quest): When can certain structure be finished? Answer: When king's daughter marries. H1292.18
• "Do not marry more than one woman". Man who wanted three, marries one and is weakened greatly. J21.32
• Prince prefers first love to princess he later marries. J414.2
• Cum grano salis. Instructions of mother followed literally by one daughter when she marries. All goes wrong. Second daughter follows them in conformity with her father's explanations and all is well. J555.1
• Man breaks promise to sleep chastely with woman. Decision: deceived fiance is to sleep with seducer's wife, if he ever marries. J1174.2.1
• Princess who is too choosy finally marries an idiot. J2183.5
• Girl marries man so she will not be ashamed undressed in his presence. J2521.3
• Woman marries king feigning that she can heal him, and murders him in sleep. Afterward she takes the kingdom together with his counsellor. K959.2.4
• Man disguised as woman carried into princess's room: marries her. (Cf. K1321.1.) K1343.2
• Girl marries lover who thought her dead. On reviving she changes her name and disguises her appearance. Eventually marries her former lover. K1839.2
• Robber bridegroom. Robber marries girl under pretence of being a fine gentleman. K1916
• Penniless wooer. "House of my father with one hundred fifty lights and goat pen." When the servant in bed so remarks the master marries his daughter to him. Arrived at the hut, he explains that the lights are the stars whose beams enter through the cracks in the roof. One goat is tied to the tree. K1917.4
• Girl behind the tree advises the unwilling suitor. Believing it to be the advice of angels, he marries her. K1971.6
• Lowly hero marries princess. L161
• Lowly heroine marries prince (king). L162
• Mother-incest prophecy. In spite of all precautions the youth marries his mother. M344
• Prophecy: if the raja marries certain girl he will prosper. M369.2.4
• Man who is impoverished is given high post by princess in disguise. Marries her. (Cf. N251.3.) N227
• Man who loses fortune marries widow of his rich master. (Cf. N227.) N251.3
• Fortune of the lucky wife. A luckless man becomes successful in all his undertakings when he marries a lucky woman and lives by her luck. N251.5
• King overhears girl's boast as to what she should do as queen. Marries her. N455.4
• Treasure to be found by man who marries original owner's daughter. N543.3
• Apparently dead woman revives when dropped. Had swallowed a bone. Lover exhumes her. Stumbles as he carries her. She revives and later marries him. N694.1
• King (prince) accidentally finds maiden and marries her. N711
• King (prince) finds maiden in woods (tree) and marries her. N711.1
• Prince (king) finds girl floating on water in basket: marries her. N711.5
• Princess concealed in trunk and sent to beggar, who marries her. N712.1
• King marries girl who finds lost object of his. N713
• King marries girl who finds his lost ring. N713.2
• Slayer of king marries widow and inherits kingdom. P17.11
• After highly mourned wife's death the king marries another who turns out to be an evil witch. P18.1
• Queen marries murderer of her fiancée. P22
• Daughter marries her husband's slayer in order to save her old father from war. P234.1
• Widower marries wife's sister. P263.1
• Ruler marries maiden who has repulsed his advances. Q87.1
• Princess rescued by blind man restores his sight and marries him. R161.2
• Treacherous mother marries ogre and plots against son. S12.1
• Bluebeard. Girl marries murderous husband. S62.1
• Lover finds lady in tomb apparently dead. She revives and marries him. T37
• King marries girl who frees him from the clutches of magic doll. (Cf. D1268.) T67.3.1
• Girl marries hunter when he promises to return to monkey brothers their human form. (Cf. D118.) T68.5
• Nobleman marries poor girl and then abandons her. T72.2
• Prince marries scornful girl and punishes her. T72.2.1
• Princess falls in love with knight. Marries him after her husband's death. T91.6.4.1.1
• Hero returns and marries first love. T102
• Man marries the daughter of a god. T111.1.2
• Woman from sky-world marries mortal man. T111.2
• Hero marries star in form of girl. T111.2.1
• Sorceress marries a man every morning and transforms him to some kind of animal in the evening. (Cf. D621.) T113.1
• Man marries ogre's daughter. T115
• Princess marries courtier. T121.3
• Princess marries lowly man. (Cf. L161.1.) T121.3.1
• Ruler marries fugitive noblewoman. T121.4
• Wealthy girl marries deformed and penniless philosopher. T121.5
• Princess marries saint. T121.5.1
• Rich girl marries fakir. T121.5.2
• Rich girl marries servant. T121.7
• Infertile raja marries beggar woman in hope of having a son. T121.8.1
• Blind girl marries lame man. (Cf. H886.) T125.2
• Faithless widow marries slayer of husband. T231.5