Quest for princess caused by sight of one of her hairs dropped by a bird (or floating on river).
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Motif
Filed across the traditions
- Icelandic *Boberg
- India *Thompson-Balys
- Japanese Ikeda.
- general *Chauvin VI 5 No. 182 n. 1
- general *BP III 31, 33
- general *Cosquin Contes indiens 369ff.
- general Chavannes III 258f. No. 470 (cf. Wesselski Archiv Orientální I 6)
Within the index
Filed under Quest for remarkable bird caused by sight of one of its feathers.
2 finer motifs beneath it
Filed beside it
Carried in tale types
- The Clever Horse (previously Ferdinand the True and Ferdinand the False) · ATU 531 216 recorded variants
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