The constellation
H1576 Tests of possession of magic powers
A constellation is one motif’s neighborhood in the record — the story-shapes filed around it, the tale types that carry it, and the texts where it is witnessed, every line a receipted link. Click a motif to travel. Click a text to read it. The entry · wander
● motif
● tale type
● on the shelf
● attested
The same sky, in words
beneath it
filed near
- Test of sight: stepping stones. Captives re-blinded if they cross stepping-stones without stumbling · H1575.1 entry
- Tests of sight · H1575 entry
- He who wins maiden queen is king · H1574.3.2 entry
- The burning forge (smithy): he who salvages anvil will be king · H1574.3.1 entry
- Test of magic powers: telling sex of unborn goat · H1576.1 entry
- Test of skill for a fakir: heating iron and passing it through hands without burning them · H1576.2 entry
- Test of divine favor · H1577 entry
- Test of goddess' favor: man throws away his wife's jewel-box to see if she can regain it with the aid of goddess · H1577.1 entry