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

• Deity assists at man's wedding. A185.5
• Sun and moon as divine hero's wedding presents. A759.2
• Intoxicating drink first used at the wedding feast of the first couple. A1427.0.3
• Origin of wedding ceremony. A1555.1
• Discourteous answer: tortoise's shell. Zeus celebrates a wedding and invites the animals. Tortoise is late. Why? "I like my house." "May you bear your house always." (Cf. A2312.1.) A2231.1.4
• Animal weddings. B280
• Beast wedding. B281
• Wedding of fox and hyena. Fox refuses to marry hyena, since, according to belief, hyena yearly changes sex. B281.1
• Wedding of mouse. (Cf. B284.1.1.) B281.2
• Wedding of mouse and weasel. B281.2.1
• Wedding of mouse and cockroach. B281.2.2
• Wedding of wolf. B281.3
• Wedding of lynx. B281.4
• Wedding of marten. (Cf. B281.4.) B281.5
• Wedding of pig. B281.6
• Wedding of ass. B281.7
• Wedding of squirrel. B281.8
• Wedding of cat. (Cf. B282.4.2.) B281.9
• Wedding of monkey. B281.10
• Wedding of rat. B281.11
• Wedding of rat and cockroach. B281.11.1
• Bird wedding. B282
• Wedding of turkey and peacock. All birds invited except eagle. This omission starts great conflict. B282.1
• Wedding of eagle with another bird. B282.2
• Wedding of eagle and kite. Kite promises to secure ostrich as attendant. Fails and is put to shame. B282.2.1
• Wedding of lark and another bird. B282.3
• Wedding of lark and nightingale. B282.3.1
• Wedding of lark and cuckoo. B282.3.2
• Wedding of lark and sparrow. B282.3.3
• Wedding of lark and pigeon. B282.3.4
• Wedding of lark and spotted woodpecker. B282.3.5
• Wedding of lark and finch. B282.3.6
• Wedding of owl. B282.4
• Wedding of owl and another bird. B282.4.1
• Wedding of owl and cat. B282.4.2
• Wedding of finch with another bird. (Cf. B285.1.) B282.5
• Wedding of goldfinch with another bird. B282.6
• Wedding of bullfinch with another bird. B282.7
• Wedding of titmouse with another bird. B282.8
• Wedding of wren with another bird. B282.9
• Wedding of sparrow and another bird. B282.10
• Wedding of blackbird with another bird. B282.11
• Wedding of thrush with another bird. B282.12
• Wedding of woodpecker with another bird. B282.13
• Wedding of magpie with another bird. B282.14
• Wedding of heathcock with another bird. B282.15
• Wedding of raven with another bird. B282.16
• Wedding of quail with another bird. B282.17
• Wedding of hoopoe with another bird. B282.18
• Wedding of cuckoo with another bird. B282.19
• Wedding of pigeon with another bird. B282.20
• Wedding of cock and hen. B282.21
• Wedding of crow and titmouse. B282.22
• Wedding of fish. B283
• Wedding of crab. B283.1
• Wedding of carp. B283.2
• Wedding of amphibians. B284
• Wedding of frog. (Cf. B283.1.) B284.1
• Wedding of frog and mouse. ("Frog went a-courtin'"). B284.1.1
• Wedding of toad. B284.2
• Wedding of insects. B285
• Wedding of ant. (Cf. B281.8.) B285.1
• Wedding of cricket. (Cf. B285.1.) B285.2
• Wedding of grasshopper. (Cf. B285.1.) B285.3
• Wedding of fly. B285.4
• Wedding of flea. B285.5
• Wedding of butterfly. B285.6
• Wedding of wasp. B285.7
• Wedding of cockroach and rat. B285.8
• Plant wedding. B286
• Wedding of garlic and onion. B286.1
• Prince invites angel to wedding. Taken to other world. C13.1
• Tabu: not to lay down basket carrying bride on wedding journey. C169.1
• Mass transformation of wedding party to marble statues, etc. D231.2.1
• Forgotten fiancée attracts attention by magically stopping wedding carriage of new bride. D2006.1.5
• Dead lover returns to dance with fickle sweetheart at her wedding. E214.1
• Ghost substitutes for bride on her wedding journey. E363.1.1
• Wedding of the dead. E495
• Fairy wedding. F264
• Fairy runs away from wedding with mortal girl. F301.8
• Wedding of mortal and fairy. F303
• Fairy takes revenge for mortal's failure to bring food and drink to fairy son's wedding. F361.1.2.1
• Spirits borrow from mortals at weddings, return goods later. F417.1
• Dwarfs invisibly attend wedding or christening feasts of mortals. (Cf. F451.3.3.8.) F451.5.17
• Dwarfs celebrate weddings and christenings of their own. (Cf. F451.6.5.) F451.6.3.2
• Invisible troll attends wedding and eats food. F455.5.2
• One giant invites another to a feast (wedding). Latter must be satisfied that food is plentiful. F531.6.8.4.1
• Unwitting cannibalism: scavenger in wedding feast finds basket of noses put there by hero and thinks it full of meat. G63
• Devil rides away on an ass. Angered because God has not invited him to his wedding. G303.7.2
• Devil plays fiddle at wedding. Causes bad luck (kills bridegroom). G303.9.8.2
• 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
• Devil as gentleman invites a traveler to the feast (wedding). (Cf. G303.7.1.2.2.) G303.25.17.1
• Devils arrange a wedding feast for a woman who hanged herself. G303.25.17.3
• Attention drawn by helpful animal's theft of food from wedding table; recognition follows. H151.2
• Suitor test: to get wedding dress so fine that it will go through ring. H355.6
• Test of wife's patience. Griselda. Children stolen and attendance at wedding to another demanded. H461
• Bridegroom propounds riddles at wedding feast. H540.5
• Quest to bring Soma (a wizard woman) from across the seven seas to a wedding. H1285.1
• Which was the most generous – husband, robber, or lover? Woman has promised her lover to go to him on her wedding night. Husband lets her go. On way she meets robbers and tells her story. Robbers take her to her lover. She tells what has happened. Lover returns her immediately to her husband. H1552.1
• Zeus refuses wedding present from snake. Presents to be received only from equals. J411.2