Animal as Bridegroom

In folkloristics, "The Animal as Bridegroom" refers to a group of folk and fairy tales about a human woman marrying or being betrothed to an animal.^[1] The animal is revealed to be a human prince in disguise or under a curse.^[2] Most of these tales are grouped in the international system of Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index under type ATU 425, "The Search for the Lost Husband". Some subtypes exist in the international classification as independent stories, but they sometimes don't adhere to a fixed typing.

^ Thompson, Stith (1977). The Folktale. University of California Press. p. 98. ISBN 0-520-03537-2.
^ Leavy 1994, p. 101.

[Thompson_1977_98-1] Thompson, Stith (1977). The Folktale. University of California Press. p. 98. ISBN 0-520-03537-2.

[FOOTNOTELeavy1994101-2] Leavy 1994, p. 101.

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