The constellation
H1554 Test of curiosity. (Cf. H1557.)
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● motif
● tale type
● on the shelf
● attested
The same sky, in words
filed under
- Tests of character · H1550 entry
beneath it
- Test of curiosity: mouse in jug. The new Eve. A woman has boasted of a lack of curiosity and blamed Mother Eve. The king entertains her in his castle. She may see everything but must not look into a certain silver jug. She does so and finds a mouse in it. (Cf. H1557.2.) · H1554.1 entry
- Test of curiosity: the clock. A man is promised a beautiful clock if he can mind his own business for a whole year. He does. The giver tells him he is the second man who almost made sure of getting the clock. The man asks how the other missed getting it; he loses the clock himself · H1554.2 entry
- Test of curiosity: the paternoster. Plowman is promised a horse if he can say a paternoster without thinking of anything else. In the midst of the recitation, he asks if he will get the saddle and bridle too. He loses bargain · H1554.3 entry
cross-ref
- Tests of obedience · H1557 entry