Motif
Courtship delayed by obligation
courtship_delayed_by_obligation
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Bride Contest and Suitor Trials. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
islamicate folklore
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The Arabian Nights Entertainments The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 9900-9995 confidence: high
The princess hopes that if the prince meets her father, the king will admire him and offer her to him as wife.
Mutual marriage interest is expressed, but the prince postpones formal suit until he has fulfilled duty to his father and can appear as a prince.
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