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Motifs — first 20 of 177
- 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
Episodes
- Cuchulain of Muirthemne: The Story of the Men of the Red Branch of Ulster · Ch. 10 THE WEDDING OF MAINE MORGOR
- Gods and Fighting Men: The Story of the Tuatha de Danaan and of the Fianna of Ireland · Ch. 55 CHAPTER IX. THE WEDDING AT CEANN SLIEVE
- Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes · Tale 38 38.— THE WEDDING OF MRS. FOX.
- Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes · Tale 9 (2) 9.— THE HEAVENLY WEDDING.
Tale types
- ATU 1453B* The Wedding that Did Not Take Place
- ATU 1540A* Lady Sends Pig as Wedding Hostess
- ATU 1681A Preparations for the Wedding (previously Fool Prepares for the Wedding [Funeral])
- ATU 1686 The Wedding Night
- ATU 1698D The Wedding Invitation
- ATU 1820 Bride and Groom at Wedding Ceremony
- ATU 1961 The Big Wedding
- ATU 1962 My Father's Baptism (Wedding)
- ATU 224 Bird (Beetle) Wedding (previously Wedding of the Turkey and the Peacock)
- ATU 885 The Facetious Wedding (previously The Poor Boy Betrothed to the Maiden)