Motif-Index of Folk-Literature/Volume 1/B/600
B600—B699. Marriage of person to animal.
B600. Marriage of person to animal. Extremely common, Only a few references are given. — *Wesselski Märchen 247 No. 57; *Chauvin V 177f. No. 101; Fb "kvinde" II 339b; India: *Thompson-Balys; Philippine: Fansler MAFLS XII 303. — N. A. Indian: Thompson Tales 273 n. 3.
B81.2. Mermaid marries man. D658.1. Transformation to animal to seduce woman. T91. Unequals in love. T110. Unusual marriage. T465. Bestiality. Intercourse of a human being and an animal. T554. Woman gives birth to animal.
B600.1. Various animals tried out as wives. Only one accepted. — N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 348 n. 254b.
B600.1.1. Various animals tried out as wives: none accepted. India: Thompson-Balys.
B600.2. Animal husband provides characteristic animal food. Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 52, (Greenland): Thalbitzer 6.
B601.1. Marriage to bear. (Cf. B611.1, B631, B635.1). — *Fb "björn" IV 42b.; Icel.: Boberg; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 64, 178.
K1911.1.6. She-bear as false bride.
B601.1.1. Bear steals woman and makes her his wife. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges; India: Thompson-Balys.
B601.2. Marriage to dog. (Cf. B611.2, B641.1.) — Irish myth: Cross; N. A. Indian: Thompson Tales 272 n. 2. — Africa (Benga): Nassau 165 No. 22; Dobu: Beckwith Myth 349.
B635.4. Son of dog ("cú", person).
B601.3. Marriage to rat. Spanish Exempla: Keller; Bødker Exempler 297 No. 60; India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Duala): Lederbogen Märchen V 192, (Mpongwe): Nassau 41 No. 6.
B601.3.1. Marriage to mouse. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges.
B601.4. Marriage to leopard. Africa (Benga): Nassau 85 No. 4.
B601.5. Marriage to elephant. Africa (Hottentot): Bleek 61 No. 27.
B601.6. Marriage to lemur. Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 349.
B601.7. Marriage to monkey. India: *Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda; Philippine: Fansler MAFLS XII 183; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 411 s.v. "Affenmutter".
B601.7.1. Person plans to marry monkey. India: Thompson-Balys.
B601.8. Marriage to swine. Italian Novella: Rotunda.
D733.2. Swine bridegroom.
B601.9. Marriage to tiger. India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 62f.; S. A. Indian (Jivaró): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 142.
B601.10. Marriage to deer. Irish myth: Cross.
B611.5. Deer paramour.
B601.11. Marriage to jackal. India: *Thompson-Balys.
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B652.1. Marriage to swan-maiden. See all references for D361.1.
D361.1. Swan maiden. T56.3. Wooing bathing nymphs by stealing their clothes.
B652.2. Man marries crane in human form. Japanese: Ikeda, Anesaki 324.
B652.3. Marriage to dove-maiden. Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 260.
B652.4. Marriage to woodpecker in human form. S. A. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 146.
B653. Marriage to insect in human form.
B653.1. Marriage to bee in human form. Indonesian: Dixon 219.
B654. Marriage to fish in human form. Irish myth: Cross (B612.0.1); India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 47f., 142; Africa (Congo): Weeks 216.
B655. Marriage to amphibia in human form.
B656.1. Marriage to python in human form. Africa (Kaffir): Kidd 249.
B656.2. Marriage to serpent in human form. Hindu: Penzer VI 73 n. 2; India: *Thompson-Balys; Indo-Chinese: Scott 276; S. A. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 66; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 76, 201. — Krappe CFQ III (1944) 138ff.
B659. Marriage to other animals in human form.
B670. Unusual mating between animals.
B671. Goose mates with crow. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 884.
B672. Mythical tiger has family of jaguars. S. A. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 155.
B690. Marriage of person to animal — miscellaneous.
B691. Relatives kill animal-husband but wife throws herself into pyre. India: Thompson-Balys.