The Forgotten Bride

"The Forgotten Bride" or "The Forgotten Fiancée" is a motif of folktales recognized in several folktale motif indices.

It was first recognized by Reinhold Köhler. It is a motif of endings of some tales, which can comprise several motifs.

It may be found, e.g., in Stith Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature as "D2003. Forgotten fiancée. Young husband visiting his home breaks tabu and forgets his wife. Later she succeeds in reawakening his memory".

Sith Thompson classified it as 313C, adding it as a subtype of Antti Aarne 313: "The Magic Flight", most commonly a follow-up of the motif 313A "The Girl as Helper in the Hero's Flight".