The constellation
L220 Modest request best
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● tale type
● on the shelf
● attested
The same sky, in words
beneath it
- Modest request: present from the journey. Asked what her father shall bring her as a present, the heroine chooses a modest gift. It is usually a flower but sometimes does not turn out to be such a simple gift after all (golden cloak, golden apple) · L221 entry
- Modest choice: parting gift. Small gift with blessing preferred to large gift with parent's curse · L222 entry
- Hero refuses reward. Rides away without it · L225 entry
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- Former poverty chosen over new riches. Weaver laments loss of water vessel. Offered many new, but prefers old and modest life · L217.1 entry
- Accustomed rags preferred to new garments. A Brahmin returns home to find a palace instead of a cottage; he recognizes his wife only after she throws off her jewels and ornaments to stand before him in her old rags · L217 entry
- Poor game proves rich · L216 entry
- Unpromising magic object chosen. Hero refuses to take one that cries out "take me!" · L215 entry
- Modest request: present from the journey. Asked what her father shall bring her as a present, the heroine chooses a modest gift. It is usually a flower but sometimes does not turn out to be such a simple gift after all (golden cloak, golden apple) · L221 entry
- Present from the journey: what you first see · L221.1 entry
- Modest choice: parting gift. Small gift with blessing preferred to large gift with parent's curse · L222 entry
- Modest choice for parting gift – money or counsels. Counsels chosen · L222.1 entry