Yu.E. Berezkin, E.N. Duvakin

Thematic classification and distribution of folklore and mythological motifs by area

Analytical catalogue

Introduction
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Ethnicities and habitats

K47D. The dog fulfills the marriage condition .22.24.26.28.

The girl gives herself to the dog because he fulfills the marriage condition set by her or her father for the future groom. See K47A motif.

Burma - Indochina. Vieta [bring the enemy's head]; stieng [cure father.

Malaysia-Indonesia. Bring back the lost spinner. Lombok; Javanese; Sunda; boogie.

China - Korea Bring the head of an enemy. Man in Hunan Shaka in Zhejiang and Fuzqian; yao; li [1) cure father's foot disease; 2) cure the princess herself]; nose [cure mother's eye disease].

Japan. Japanese (including North Ryukyu) [the princess's hand is promised to the one who will save the country, or the dog, if he does an impossible task for a person; in both cases, the dog does the task; the girl insists on keeping her promise, goes to the mountains with his dog; a man kills a dog, marries a girl; three years later he tells her about it, thinking she forgot the dog; she kills a person]: Ikeda 1971, No. 411D: 104; Miyako Islands [saving the country from enemies?].