Emma by Jane Austen.
Emma Woodhouse is the main character of this novel. She is a young woman. Emma is a matchmaker. But she is herself isn't married.
She created different marriages between different people.
George Knightley is Emma's friend. He is critics her sometimes.
"The Twelve Brothers" by the Brothers Grimm.
Once upon a time there were a husband and wife, who were a king and Queen. They had twelve sons.
The king decided if his wife gives birth to a daughter, then all the boys must die.
The queen told the youngest son Benjamin, that he and his brothers would go to the forest to live.
Then the boys had a sister and they stayed to live in the forest.
Several years later the girl knew about her twelve brothers. Mother said that she didn't know where they were.
The sister found her brothers' house in the forest. Everyone was happy with this meeting.
Once a sister picked twelve lilies in the garden, and her twelve brothers turned into twelve ravens.
To save her brothers, the sister didn't say a word or laugh for seven years.
During this time, she married the king. His stepmother wanted to kill her. But the brothers saved their sister.
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“The Princess and the Pea” by Hans Christian Andersen.
Once upon a time there was a prince. He wanted to marry a real princess. But the prince didn’t know who is real and who isn’t.
On this day was a storm. The king heard a knock and opened the door.
There was a princess, she was all wet.
The queen decided to check if it was a real princess. She took off many bedclothes and on the bed put the pea.
The princess slept on this bed all night.
In the morning she said that she had slept very badly.
So, everyone understood that this was a real princess and the prince married her.
This fairy tale was written in XIX century. The famous story translated to many languages. There are different illustrations and performance about this story.
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"Riquet with the Tuft" by Charles Perrault.
Once upon a time there was a Queen whose son was ugly, he had a tuft. But her son was very clever.
Several years later in another country two twin girls were born. One of them was beautiful, but stupid, another was ugly, but clever.
In the forest stupid princess met Riquet with the tuft. He was in love with the princess for her beauty. The prince asked the princess to marry him. Stupid princess said she would marry him in a year.
The princess gotten a lot smarter this year. All people were amazed about it.
One year later she met Riquet with the tuft again. He was preparing for the wedding.
The princess understood that the ugly prince gave her mind. They were married. She saw Riquet's inner handsome qualities, such as: intelligence, manners, and behavior.
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Hymen (Ὑμήν) was a god of marriage in Ancient Greece (Ἑλλάς). His parents were Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) and Aphrodite or one of the Muses (Μοῦσαι). His symbol was a bridal torch.
Hymen was important during wedding. He visited many weddings of gods, goddesses, and their children.
God of marriage had relationships with other deities, such as: Hermes (Ἑρμῆς), Eros, Dionysus (Διόνυσος), Asclepius, the Moirai (Μοῖραι), Urania (Οὐρανία), and etc. Nicaea (Νικαια) killed Hymen.
There are many myths and legends about Hymen. Artists and sculptors created different paintings and sculptures about this god.
