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

• Moon wants to marry his sister the sun. She is angered and throws hot ashes on his face. A751.5.2.1
• Mankind emerges from lake. A woman and boy. They marry and populate earth. A1232.2
• Why brothers and sisters do not marry. A1552.1
• Fly indicates successful suitor. Girl to marry man on whom specially marked fly lights. B152.2
• Wedding of fox and hyena. Fox refuses to marry hyena, since, according to belief, hyena yearly changes sex. B281.1
• Crow refuses to marry titmouse, since she is 100 years old. B282.22.1
• 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
• Person plans to marry monkey. B601.7.1
• Animal transformed to man wants to marry woman. B650.1
• Mother wishes lazy daughter may marry devil. Devil appears and marries her. C12.4.1
• Wish for animal husband realized. Girl says she will marry a certain animal. Latter appears and carries her off. (Cf. C15.) C26
• Tabu: marrying queen of certain race. C162.1
• Tabu: fairy girl marrying mortal. C162.1.1
• Tabu: marrying unmanly person. C162.2
• Tabu: marrying outside of group (or caste). C162.3
• Tabu: women marrying until hero has chosen their husbands. C566.4
• The one forbidden thing: returning to home country after marrying fairy. C644
• Injunction: to marry first woman met. C664
• [First Edition: D658.4. Cow transformed to woman to marry man and protect cattle.] D658.4[1st ed.]
• Disenchantment of monster when prince promises to marry the monster's mother. The prince imagines falsely that the mother is also a monster. D741
• Disenchantment by promise to marry. D742
• Disenchantment promised if girl may marry transformed man. D791.2.2.1
• Magic plant bears fruit to indicate that heroine is ready to marry. (Cf. D965.) D1310.4.2
• Clairvoyant spring. Lady whose lover is absent to look in spring each day. If she sees his shadow, he is about to marry another. (Cf. D927.) D1323.12.1
• Tasks set maid by elfin knight before she can marry him. F301.4
• Raja refuses to marry a Peri. F302.3.0.2
• Fairy offers aid to man if he will marry her. F302.3.2.1
• Fairy offers to disenchant mortal wife if man will marry her. (Cf. F302.5.2.) F302.3.2.2
• Man binds fairy and forces her to marry him. F302.4.4
• Fairy punished for marrying a mortal. F386.2
• Giants marry human beings. (Cf. F420.6.1, F460.4, and cross references.) F531.5.7
• Giantesses pursue men in order to marry them. F531.5.7.0.3
• Demons marry among themselves. G302.7.2
• Devil has shining teeth. Girl wishes to marry man whose teeth shine. Such a man appears and they marry. When he removes his hat she finds he is the devil. G303.4.1.5.1
• Girl married to a devil. Despairing of ever finding herself a husband, the old maid exclaims: "I would marry even the devil, were he to marry me." The devil takes her at her word. G303.12.5.1
• Devil marries girl whose rich mother refuses to let her marry common young men of community. G303.12.5.3
• Recognition by overheard conversation with bridge. Bridge which will trip up bridal party if king is not marrying an equal. Disguised princess praises bridge for its recognition of her equality with the king. H13.2.1
• Decision by single combat or holmgang of who is to marry girl. H217.2
• Princess will marry whoever will give her anything she wishes for a month. H313.1
• Fairy will marry king only if he will either cut off son's head or give up fasting on eleventh day. H313.2
• Gardener's son to marry princess if he remains in prison twelve years. H317.3
• Princess to marry man who can make her speak to him in all watches of the night. H343.0.1
• Princess to marry man who can give her correct account of what happened in her bedchamber. H344.1
• Ring (jewel) bride test. Hero will marry girl possessing certain ring or jewel. H361
• Deceased wife marriage test. Man will marry woman meeting certain specifications prescribed by his deceased wife. H363
• King: Why did you not do it (marry so that sons could help you)? Peasant: I did, but it was not God's will (I married three times but it was not God's will to give me sons). H585.2
• Father's counsel: marry a new wife every week. (Do not see your wife too much.) H588.3
• Task: freeing king from clutches of magic doll. Will marry rescuer if a girl. H1196
• Quest undertaken before hero will marry. H1227
• Prince agrees to marry a servant girl if she will help him on a quest. H1239.1
• Question (on quest): How can the girl thus far avoided by suitors marry? (Various answers.) H1292.5
• "Do not marry a girl from abroad": counsel proved wise by experience. J21.4
• "Do not marry a woman before seeing her and finding her to be your equal": counsel proved wise by experience. J21.31
• "Do not marry more than one woman". Man who wanted three, marries one and is weakened greatly. J21.32
• Fool is told to get a pottle of brains. He tries to buy them. He finally learns that advice was to marry a clever girl. J163.2.1
• King advised to marry maid rather than widow. Widow would have things her own way. J482
• Better to marry ugly than fair wife. Less hard to satisfy. J482.2
• Better to marry a man lacking money than money lacking a man. J482.2.1
• God as a father-in-law. Nuns tell a man that they are daughters of God. "Come and marry me; I should like such a rich father-in-law." J1261.1.1
• Suitor hesitates to marry girl as immature (or too delicate). Girl's father protests, saying that she has had three children. J1279.3
• Cynic is asked if widower should remarry. "One who has just escaped from drowning should not return to sea." J1442.12
• Numskull believes that he is married to a man. Two men's hands joined in fun with words "I marry you." Fool thinks that he must get a bishop to annul the marriage. J2323
• Marrying a stranger. The girl shortly to be married complains: "It was all very well for you, mother, to marry father, but I am to marry a complete stranger." J2463.2
• Finger-drying contest won by deception. Three daughters are to wet hands; the first to have hands dry is to be the first to marry. The youngest waves her hands, exclaiming, "I don't want a man!" She wins. K95
• Dupe persuaded to take prisoner's place in a sack: killed. The bag is to be thrown into the sea. The trickster keeps shouting that he does not want to go to heaven (or marry the princess); the dupe gladly substitutes for him. (Cf. K714.2.1.) K842
• Obscene tricks are played on repugnant simpleton who wishes to marry. K1218.9
• Girl says she has made vow not to marry until pilgrimage is made. K1227.7
• Girl tricked by use of drugs. Subsequent pregnancy used to force her into marrying seducer. K1339.5
• Parson deceived into marrying his intended bride to her real lover. The parson thinks it is a mock-wedding, but it turns out to be real. K1371.1.1
• Woman engaged to marry by trick. (Cf. K1371.2, K1377, K1771.9.) K1372
• Sham wise man (girl's confederate) interprets pretended dream for girl. Insists she be allowed to marry man of her own choice. K1956.6
• Man as God behind the tree forces the girl to admit having an illegitimate child. Or prophesies himself as father so as to marry the girl. K1971.5.1
• Trickster concealed in sacred tree advises that he is to marry the princess. K1971.10
• Youngest daughter agrees to marry a monster; later the sisters are jealous. L54.1
• Impoverished father begs from his prosperous daughter whom he has made to marry a poor man. L432.2.1
• Prince vows to marry no woman unless he can beat her daily. M134
• Vow never to remarry. M135
• Vow not to marry till iron shoes wear out. M136
• Vow to marry first person performing certain act. M138
• Vow to marry off two daughters to first two men father looks at on the following morning. M138.1
• Vow to marry a certain woman. M146
• Vow to marry queen of fairies and not to eat or drink inside kingdom until this is done. M146.1
• Boy vows to marry none but girl born under the same circumstances as he. M146.2
• Vow that magically conceived children shall marry (or be friends). M146.3
• Vow to marry none but daughter of certain man. M146.5
• Vow of enemy chief to marry princess of besieged city. M146.7
• Lovers vow to marry only each other. M149.1
• Vow to die rather than marry unwelcome suitor. M149.2
• Oath to marry daughters only into family with bridegroom for each daughter. M149.5
• Vow only to marry daughter to the man who kills snake by her house. M149.7
• Vow not to marry until quest is concluded. M151.2
• Vow to put to death every king that comes his way unless engaged in marrying a lady at the time he sees them. M192
• Deathbed promise concerning the second wife. Promises his dying wife that he will not marry unless the bride meets the specifications the dying wife imposes. M255
• Raja to marry girl when cut mango branch blooms. M261.1.1
• Princess to marry prince. M331
• Prophecy: girl shall have a hundred lovers, shall marry her servant and die from spider's bite. This happens. M345.1
• Prophecy: rich man will have a son but the son will marry a poor girl. M359.7
• Prophecy: princess will marry a bastard. M369.2.1.2
• Wish for exalted husband realized. Girls make wish that they may marry king (prince, etc.). It so happens. N201
• Men hear father threaten to marry daughters to first comers. N455.12