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153:(henceforth, ATU), published in 1961 when the index was still called Aarne-Thompson Index (henceforth, AaTh), Stith Thompson catalogued tale type AaTh 313 as "The Girl as Helper in the Hero's Flight", which he decomposed in six parts (I, II, III, IV, V and VI). Parts IV to VI refer to the "Forgotten Fiancée" sequence, which follows the "Magic Flight". Thompson also reserved the latter three portions as part of subtype AaTh 313C, "The Forgotten Fiancée". However, German folklorist 85: 197: 111:, after escaping from the villain's lair in a Magic Flight, the hero's female helper warns him against doing a certain action at home (e.g., being kissed by his mother or licked by his dog), lest he forgets his adventures. Despite her warning, the hero practices the taboo and forgets about her, eventually being betrothed or marrying another woman. The heroine then can buy from the 238:
named Seven Heads. Seven Heads gives him tricky jobs to do, but the daughter helps him out, and eventually helps him to escape. When he comes home he forgets the girl and plans to marry another one. But Seven Head's daughter eventually manages to make him to remember. Sigrid Schmidt wrote that some
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The Forgotten Fiancée "often includes" the incident known as "Sale of Bed": the heroine purchases from the hero's false bride the right to spend three nights with him. Since he is drugged with a sleeping potion, the heroine only succeeds in the third night.
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Motif-Index of Folk-Literature: A Classification of Narrative Elements in Folktales, Ballads, Myths, Fables, Mediaeval Romances, Exempla, Fabliaux, Jest-Books, and Local Legends (Bloomington, Indiana, 1955-1958)
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In some variants of tale type ATU 313, "The Magical Flight", the story continues with a sequence called "The Forgotten Fiancée", with motif "Kiss of Oblivion". As noted by professor
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Die vergessene Braut. Bruchstücke einer unbekannten kretischen Komödie des 17. Jahrhunderts in den griechischen Märchenvarianten vom Typ AaTh 313C
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as "D2003. Forgotten fiancée. Young husband visiting his home breaks tabu and forgets his wife. Later she succeeds in reawakening his memory".
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Angelopoulos, Anna and Kaplanoglou, Marianthi. "Greek Magic Tales: aspects of research in Folklore Studies and Anthropology". In:
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The Types of International Folktales: A Classification and Bibliography, Based on the System of Antti Aarne and Stith Thompson
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three nights in the hero's bed and makes him remember, or uses birds talking to each other to make him recover his memory.
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This type of episode occurs frequently in tales in which the heroine helps her fiancée escape from the otherworld ruler.
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Puchner, Walter (2010). "The Forgotten Fiancée. From the Italian Renaissance Novella to Modern Greek Fairy Tales".
391:. Folklore Fellows Communications FFC no. 184. Helsinki: Academia Scientiarum Fennica, 1961. pp. 104-107, 107. 150: 76:
313: "The Magic Flight", most commonly a follow-up of the motif 313A "The Girl as Helper in the Hero's Flight".
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Barag, Lev. "Сравнительный указатель сюжетов. Восточнославянская сказка". Leningrad: НАУКА, 1979. pp. 112-114.
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The prince remembers his true bride, the Master Maid, after the birds' talking. Illustration by
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The Forgotten Bride. International Tale Types in Namibia – Texts and Discussions
477: 112: 93: 73: 408:. Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, Academia Scientiarum Fennica. pp. 194–195. 55:. It is a motif of endings of some tales, which can comprise several motifs. 530: 38: 231: 512:(in German). Wien: Verlag der Österr. Akademie der Wissenschaften. 247:
and most probably picked a substantial amount of tales from them.
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Quests & spells: fairy tales from the European oral tradition
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Goldberg, Christine (1992). "The Forgotten Bride (AaTh 313 C)".
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The types of the folktale: a classification and bibliography
363:. New York, London: G. P. Putnam's sons. 1916. pp. 247-248. 497:, Volume 10, 2009, includes book sample from the publisher 208: 179: 317:. Eugene, OR: B. Kaminski Media Arts. p. 184. 184:) classifies it as «Забытая невеста». (СУС 313 С). 292:. University of California Press. pp. 89–90. 239:Namibian peoples immigrated to the country from 234:. A young man falls in love with a daughter of a 72:classified it as 313C, adding it as a subtype of 508:Manusakas, Manusos I.; Puchner, Walter (1984). 334:. The American folk-lore society. 1921. p. 165. 41:recognized in several folktale motif indices. 8: 149:In the second revision of the international 256: 377:. New York: Harper. pp. 321–322. 262: 260: 7: 243:, where they lived in contact with 25: 553:Female characters in fairy tales 195: 437:Sigrid Schmidt, 2009, pp. 16-20 387:Aarne, Antti; Thompson, Stith. 64:Motif-Index of Folk-Literature 1: 361:European Folk and Fairy Tales 373:Foster, James Ralph (1953). 478:10.1515/fabl.1992.33.1-2.39 375:The world's great folktales 180: 44:It was first recognized by 569: 446:Sigrid Schmidt, 2009, p. 7 151:Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index 58:It may be found, e.g., in 313:Judy Sierra, ed. (1994). 266:Christine Goldberg, 1992. 169: 164:Folktale Classification ( 288:Thompson, Stith (1977). 347:. 2013; Vol. 43. p. 15. 330:Fansler, Dean Spouill. 35:"The Forgotten Fiancée" 332:Filipino Popular Tales 230:recorded a variant in 104: 531:10.1515/fabl.2010.020 87: 31:"The Forgotten Bride" 18:The Forgotten Fiancée 98:The Blue Fairy Book 207:. You can help by 105: 90:Henry Justice Ford 415:978-951-41-0963-8 225: 224: 178: 124:The Oblivion Kiss 16:(Redirected from 560: 534: 525:(3–4): 201–216. 513: 481: 447: 444: 438: 435: 429: 426: 420: 419: 402:Uther, Hans-Jörg 398: 392: 385: 379: 378: 370: 364: 354: 348: 341: 335: 328: 322: 321: 310: 304: 303: 285: 279: 273: 267: 264: 220: 217: 199: 192: 188:Notable examples 183: 173: 171: 54: 21: 568: 567: 563: 562: 561: 559: 558: 557: 538: 537: 516: 507: 504: 502:Further reading 461: 451: 450: 445: 441: 436: 432: 427: 423: 416: 400: 399: 395: 386: 382: 372: 371: 367: 355: 351: 342: 338: 329: 325: 312: 311: 307: 300: 287: 286: 282: 275:Stith Thompson 274: 270: 265: 258: 253: 221: 215: 212: 205:needs expansion 190: 155:Hans-Jörg Uther 147: 138: 136:The Sale of Bed 126: 121: 82: 48: 46:Reinhold Köhler 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 566: 564: 556: 555: 550: 540: 539: 536: 535: 514: 503: 500: 499: 498: 495:Afrika erzählt 485:Sigrid Schmidt 482: 472:(1–2): 39–54. 458: 457: 455: 449: 448: 439: 430: 421: 414: 393: 380: 365: 357:Jacobs, Joseph 349: 336: 323: 305: 298: 280: 268: 255: 254: 252: 249: 228:Sigrid Schmidt 223: 222: 202: 200: 189: 186: 146: 145:As a tale type 143: 137: 134: 125: 122: 120: 119:Related motifs 117: 109:Stith Thompson 81: 78: 60:Stith Thompson 37:is a motif of 27:Folktale motif 26: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 565: 554: 551: 549: 546: 545: 543: 532: 528: 524: 520: 515: 511: 506: 505: 501: 496: 492: 491: 486: 483: 479: 475: 471: 467: 466: 460: 459: 456: 453: 452: 443: 440: 434: 431: 425: 422: 417: 411: 407: 403: 397: 394: 390: 384: 381: 376: 369: 366: 362: 358: 353: 350: 346: 340: 337: 333: 327: 324: 320: 316: 309: 306: 301: 299:0-520-03537-2 295: 291: 284: 281: 278: 272: 269: 263: 261: 257: 250: 248: 246: 242: 237: 233: 229: 219: 210: 206: 203:This section 201: 198: 194: 193: 187: 185: 182: 176: 167: 163: 158: 156: 152: 144: 142: 135: 133: 131: 123: 118: 116: 114: 110: 107:According to 103: 99: 95: 91: 86: 79: 77: 75: 71: 70:Sith Thompson 67: 65: 61: 56: 52: 47: 42: 40: 36: 32: 19: 522: 518: 509: 494: 489: 469: 463: 454:Bibliography 442: 433: 424: 405: 396: 388: 383: 374: 368: 360: 352: 344: 339: 331: 326: 318: 314: 308: 290:The Folktale 289: 283: 271: 241:South Africa 226: 213: 209:adding to it 204: 159: 148: 139: 130:Dean Fansler 127: 106: 101: 97: 68: 57: 43: 34: 30: 29: 548:ATU 300-399 162:East Slavic 113:false bride 94:Andrew Lang 74:Antti Aarne 49: [ 542:Categories 345:FF Network 251:References 216:April 2024 175:romanized 39:folktales 404:(2004). 236:cannibal 80:Overview 232:Namibia 177::  166:Russian 519:Fabula 465:Fabula 412:  296:  100:(1889) 245:Boers 53:] 410:ISBN 294:ISBN 160:The 92:for 527:doi 474:doi 211:. 181:SUS 170:СУС 96:'s 62:'s 33:or 544:: 523:51 521:. 493:, 487:, 470:33 468:. 359:. 259:^ 172:, 168:: 51:de 533:. 529:: 480:. 476:: 418:. 302:. 218:) 214:( 102:. 20:)

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The Forgotten Fiancée
folktales
Reinhold Köhler
de
Stith Thompson
Motif-Index of Folk-Literature
Sith Thompson
Antti Aarne

Henry Justice Ford
Andrew Lang
Stith Thompson
false bride
Dean Fansler
Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index
Hans-Jörg Uther
East Slavic
Russian
romanized

adding to it
Sigrid Schmidt
Namibia
cannibal
South Africa
Boers


Motif-Index of Folk-Literature: A Classification of Narrative Elements in Folktales, Ballads, Myths, Fables, Mediaeval Romances, Exempla, Fabliaux, Jest-Books, and Local Legends (Bloomington, Indiana, 1955-1958)
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