Marrying Monsters

Описание: Marrying Monsters: Animal Brides and Bestial Grooms

As symbolic language continues to evolve, folklore of animal marriage now confuses and arouses suspicion. Let's explore--and arrive at a shockingly traditionalist conclusion.

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Resources for your perusal:
Animal Brides Collection: https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/type0402...
Animal as Bridegroom (essay): https://www.houseoflegends.me/blog/th...
Secret of Roan Inish (free on youtbe):    • Видео  
The Cat Princess (Hungarian story; variant of the Forest Bride):    • Hungarian Folk Tales: The Pussycat Princes...  
The Grateful Crane (Japanese folktale):    • THE GRATEFUL CRANE (ENGLISH) Animation of ...  
The Dawn of Humanity:   / sinnoh-and-hisui-the-dawn-of-humanity   This article goes through the pokemon lore in painstaking detail, highlighting the themes and sources of inspiration for them, and contemplating the larger philosophy being presented in the worldbuilding. This is also the only source I saw that correctly identified the Typhlosion story as an adaptation of The Bear Wife. There's some fascinating material about Japanese native practices included.
The Woman Who Married a Bear: https://www.ebsco.com/research-starte...

Clips (not an exhaustive list):
Mad At The Internet - Joshua Moon (October 16, 2024)
Female Gooners Must Be Stopped - Shoeonhead
Investigating a Booktok Romance Convention - Deadwingdork
Wolf Children
Secret of Roan Inish