The constellation
H517 Curse evaded by guessing names in magic writing
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
filed under
- Tests in guessing · H510 entry
filed beside
- Princess offered to correct guesser · H511 entry
- Guessing with life as wager · H512 entry
- Guessing contest between kings · H515 entry
- Test: guessing trolls' names in order to save one's life · H516 entry
- Test: guessing unknown propounder's name · H521 entry
- Test: guessing unknown animal (plant) · H522 entry
- Test: guessing nature of devil's possessions · H523 entry
- Test: guessing person's thoughts · H524 entry
- Test: guessing princess's birthmarks · H525 entry
- Question: "What is under my cloak?" Questioner has branch of blackthorn laden with berries under her cloak · H526 entry