Suitor test: killing monster — Mythoi

Motif

Suitor test: killing monster.

Tests. · Tests of prowess: tasks. · Nature of tasks. · Tasks: stealing, capturing, or slaying. · view the constellation · filed as H1174

Filed across the traditions

India Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Tasks: stealing, capturing, or slaying.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Task: bringing back two heads of a giant Task: overcoming dragon

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: killing certain man. (Cf. H335.3, H335.5, H335.6.) 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 Bringing fairies to court

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