"The Animal as Bridegroom" refers to a group of folk and fairy tales about a human woman marrying or being betrothed to an animal. The animal is revealed...
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cycle of the Animal as Bridegroom or The Search for the Lost Husband, and is classified in the international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as tale type ATU...
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The Crow (fairy tale) (category Fairy tales about talking animals)
the international cycle of the Animal as Bridegroom or The Search for the Lost Husband: a human maiden marries an animal that is a prince in disguise,...
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Prince Whitebear (Danish folktale) (category Fairy tales about talking animals)
the international cycle of the Animal as Bridegroom or The Search for the Lost Husband: a human maiden marries an animal that is a prince in disguise,...
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union between the king and the goddess of the land. The most famous animal-as-bridegroom story that has survived in modern times is Beauty and the Beast by...
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serpent guise. The tale is related to the international cycle of the Animal as Bridegroom or The Search for the Lost Husband, and shares motifs with other...
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The Story of the Abandoned Princess (category Fairy tales about talking animals)
Norwegian author Camilla Collet. It is related to the cycle of the Animal as Bridegroom and distantly related to the Graeco-Roman myth of Cupid and Psyche...
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The Snail Son (Japanese folktale) (category Fairy tales about talking animals)
and becomes a handsome man. Some tales are related to the cycle of Animal as Bridegroom or The Search for the Lost Husband. Japanese scholar Seki Keigo titled...
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Sea-Horse (folktale) (section The horse bridegroom)
to search for him. It belongs to the international cycle of the Animal as Bridegroom or The Search for the Lost Husband, wherein a human princess marries...
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The Tale of the Woodcutter and his Daughters (category Fairy tales about talking animals)
is an Egyptian folktale related to the international cycle of the Animal as Bridegroom. It mostly follows subtype ATU 425D, "The Vanished Husband", which...
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The Donkey's Head (category Fairy tales about talking animals)
of the Animal as Bridegroom or The Search for the Lost Husband, in that a human princess marries a supernatural or enchanted husband in animal form, breaks...
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collected by the Brothers Grimm, as tale number 127. It is Aarne–Thompson type 425A, "The Animal (Monster) as Bridegroom". Dorothea Viehmann prepared the...
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Christiansen identified its origin as County Kerry. The tale is related to the international cycle of the Animal as Bridegroom or The Search of the Lost Husband...
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related to the international cycle of the Animal as Bridegroom, wherein a heroine marries a husband in animal form who reveals he is man underneath. In...
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Beauty and the Beast (category Fairy tales about talking animals)
the Beast" was "an older form" of the animal husband narrative, and that subtypes 425A, "Animal as Bridegroom", and 425B, "The Disenchanted Husband:...
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The White Wolf (fairy tale) (category Fairy tales about talking animals)
international cycle of the Animal as Bridegroom or The Search for the Lost Husband, wherein a human princess marries a prince under an animal curse, loses him and...
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titles refer to tales related to the international cycle of the Animal as Bridegroom or The Search for the Lost Husband: a human maiden is married to...
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The Ruby Prince (Punjabi folktale) (category Fairy tales about talking animals)
Flora Annie Steel. The tale is a local form of the cycle of the Animal as Bridegroom or The Search for the Lost Husband, in that a woman marries a man...
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The Enchanted Snake (category Fairy tales about talking animals)
in the Pentamerone, as the fifth story of the second day. The tale is related to the international cycle of the Animal as Bridegroom or The Search for the...
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King Lindworm (category Fairy tales about talking animals)
part of the more general cycle of the Animal as Bridegroom, and is classified in the Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index as tale type ATU 433B, a type that deals...
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international cycle of the Animal as Bridegroom or The Search for the Lost Husband, wherein a human maiden marries a man under an animal curse, loses him and...
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international index of folktale classification, such as "The Animal Bride" and "Animal as Bridegroom" tale types. Madame d'Aulnoy had six children, two...
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Graeco-Roman myth of Cupid and Psyche and, by extension, of the Animal as Bridegroom cycle of stories. A king and queen had a beautiful and virtuous daughter...
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where a human maiden marries a supernatural husband in animal form (Animal as Bridegroom). As in tales of swan maidens, shapeshifting and flight on wings...
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Grünkappe (category Fairy tales about talking animals)
cycle of the Animal as Bridegroom or The Search for the Lost Husband, in that a human princess marries a supernatural husband or man in animal form, loses...
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Dragon-Child and Sun-Child (Armenian folktale) (category Fairy tales about talking animals)
part of the more general cycle of the Animal as Bridegroom, and is classified in the Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index as tale type ATU 433B, "King Lindworm",...
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international cycle of the Animal as Bridegroom or The Search for the Lost Husband, wherein a human maiden marries a man under an animal curse, loses him and...
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Baloch. The tale is a local form of the international cycle of the Animal as Bridegroom or The Search for the Lost Husband, in that a woman marries a man...
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The Snake Prince (category Animal tales)
Fairy Book (1907). The tale is a local form of the cycle of the Animal as Bridegroom or The Search for the Lost Husband, in that a woman marries a man...
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The Enchanted Pig (category Fairy tales about talking animals)
international cycle of the Animal as Bridegroom or "The Search for the Lost Husband", wherein a human maiden marries a husband in animal form, breaks a prohibition...
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