Folktale type 405, "The Animal Bride," & folktale type 425, "The Animal Groom," are common folktales across many cultures. In type 425, a wife's husband turns out to be an animal/beast, in type 405, the animal bride is typically a captive or a trickster. #MythologyMonday 
Below I will link posts I've made today featuring this type, and add in a couple new ones. I will also link further reading about this trope.
Here is a link to more stories from folktale type 405: pitt.edu/~dash/type0402…
Beauty and the Beast, a very well known tale, is a subcategory of its own, 425C. In Beauty and the Beast, a woman stays with a beast who is changed into a man by the power of love. Here is a link to a list of folktales of type 425C & the actual stories) pitt.edu/~dash/type0425…
Another tale of type 425 is "East of the Sun & West of the Moon." This story is from the subcategory 425A, "The Search for the Missing Husband." This is a Norweigan folktale & was collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. You can read it here: storyberries.com/fairy-tales-ea…
In "East of the Sun & West of the Moon," a girl goes to live with a bear that removes his bear skin at night to become a man. When she decides to see what he looks like one night, he must leave and the girl has to go on a journey to find him again. #MythologyMonday
Further reading:
The Dark Morality of Fairy-Tale Animal Brides amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/52…
Animal Wives & Animal Husbands: It Goes Way Beyond Belle and the Beast popmatters.com/beauty-and-the…
The Animal Groom google.com/url?sa=t&sourc…
The Animal Bride google.com/url?sa=t&sourc…
The Dark Morality of Fairy-Tale Animal Brides amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/52…
Animal Wives & Animal Husbands: It Goes Way Beyond Belle and the Beast popmatters.com/beauty-and-the…
The Animal Groom google.com/url?sa=t&sourc…
The Animal Bride google.com/url?sa=t&sourc…
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