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Forsaken merman. Tabu: association of fairy's (merman's, etc.) human wife (husband) with human relatives.
C713
Tabu: merman's wife not to stay till church benediction.
C713.1
Golden apple thrown to remind merman's wife not to forget to return to him.
C713.4
Tale types
ATU 729
The Merman's Golden Axe (previously The Axe Falls into the Stream)