The constellation
H310 Suitor tests. A suitor is put to severe tests by his prospective bride or father-in-law
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- Tests for hero, husband of supernatural (divine) wife · H310.1 entry
- Brother unwittingly qualifies as bridegroom of sister in test · H310.2 entry
- Inspection test for suitors. Suitors for princess's hand must present themselves for public inspection. (Cf. H362, T55.7.) · H311 entry
- Physical and mental requirements for suitors · H312 entry
- Suitor test: obedience and humility before bride · H313 entry
- Suitor's sincerity tested · H314 entry
- Suitor test: to whom the princess turns. Rival suitors sleep with princess. The one she turns to is to have her. They vie in enticements · H315 entry
- Suitor test: apple thrown indicates princess's choice. (Often golden apple.) · H316 entry
- Long term of service imposed on suitor · H317 entry
- Suitor preferred who will pay enormous sum for bride · H318 entry
- Suitor test: hiding from princess. She has magic sight · H321 entry
- Suitor test: finding princess · H322 entry
- Suitor test: learning girl's name · H323 entry
- Suitor test: choosing princess from others identically clad · H324 entry
- Suitor test: skill · H326 entry
- Suitor test: cleverness and learning · H327 entry
- Suitor test: power of endurance · H328 entry
- Suitor contests: bride offered as prize · H331 entry
- Suitor in contest with bride or member of her family · H332 entry
- Girl demands suitor's life (or mutilation) · H333 entry
- Tasks assigned suitors. Bride as prize for accomplishment. (For nature of tasks see H1000ff.) · H335 entry
- Suitors assigned quests · H336 entry
- Suitor test: faithfulness · H338 entry
- Suitor test: making princess laugh. Sadfaced princess has never laughed · H341 entry
keeps company
- Ogre's own moccasins burned. The ogre plans to burn the hero's moccasins while they are camping together, but the hero exchanges the moccasins · K1615 entry
- Marooned man reaches home and outwits marooner · K1616 entry
- Impostors claim reward (prize) earned by hero · K1932 entry
- Trapping contest won by deception · K32 entry
- Fortunate youngest son. Always has good luck · L11 entry
- Hero (heroine) of unpromising occupation · L113 entry
- Means of inducing magic sleep. (Cf. D1364.) · D1962 entry
- Loathly bridegroom. Woman disenchants loathsome man by embracing him · D733 entry
- Hero hidden and ogre deceived by his wife (daughter) when he says that he smells human blood · G532 entry
- Toboggan test. Attempt to kill hero on dangerous toboggan · H1536 entry
attested in
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 46
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 48