Motif
Afflicted bride whose marriage is blocked by a supernatural warning voice
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A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Rescue and Protection. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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Aino Folk-Tales AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA. / II.--MORAL TALES. / IV.--MISCELLANEOUS TALES.; lines 1907-2004 confidence: high
In 'The Bride Bewitched,' a beautiful girl has many suitors, but bridegrooms flee when a voice from her body warns them to desist; river immersion does not help, and she runs to the mountains and throws herself down at a magnolia-tree.
Each bridegroom flees when a voice from the bride's body warns him to desist, leaving the girl unable to remain married.
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