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Quest assigned because of feigned illness. Lion's milk (or the like) said to be necessary as cure; hero therefore sent on dangerous quest.

Tests. · Tests of prowess: quests. · Attendant circumstances of quests. · Quest assigned. · view the constellation · filed as H1212

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Scholars’ trail — 6references

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.

  • French CanadianBarbeau JAFL XXIX 14
  • Missouri FrenchCarrière
  • India*Thompson-Balys
  • Cape Verde IslandsParsons MAFLS XV (1) 49 No. 17.
  • general *Type 590
  • general BP III 1f
Within the index

Filed under Quest assigned.

4 finer motifs beneath it
Quest assigned because of feigned dreamQuest assigned by wife through appeal to husband's love for her. He is sent for liver of dangerous animalPrince sulks until quest is accomplishedQuest assigned because of longings of pregnant woman
Filed beside it
Quest assigned by fatherQuest assigned by kingQuests assigned in order to get rid of heroQuest for remarkable bird caused by sight of one of its feathersQuest assigned because of hero's knowledge of animal languagesQuest assigned because of hero's boastMother sends son to find unknown father. (Cf. H1385.7.)Quest assigned because of dreamKing possessing one marvelous object sends hero on quest for another like itAssignment of quests – miscellaneous
Carried in tale types

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