Task: killing certain man. (Cf. H335.3, H335.5, H335.6.)

Motif

Task: killing certain man. (Cf. H335.3, H335.5, H335.6.)

Tests. · Tests of prowess: tasks. · Nature of tasks. · Tasks: stealing, capturing, or slaying. · view the constellation · filed as H1162

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

IcelandicBoberg
IndiaThompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Tasks: stealing, capturing, or slaying.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Task: overcoming robbers Task: slaying king's son so that father will not die

Filed beside it

Theft as a task Task: selling an animal and keeping him Task: selling three old women. (Devil finds that no one wants them.)Tasks: capturing animals Task: taming wild animals. (Cf. H1154.3.)Task: incurring anger of ferocious animal Task: killing ferocious beast Task: uprooting man-devouring tree. (Cf. H335.)Task: bullfight (buffaloes)Task: duel Task: bringing an ogre to court Task: luring Thor into the power of giants Suitor test: killing monster Bringing fairies to court

Travels with

Suitor task: killing ferocious animal Suitor task: to bring back food as a marriage present Suitor task: making weather calm. (Cf. D2141.0.8.1.)

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