μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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.

  • general BP I 325
  • general Köhler-Bolte II 340.
Within the index

Filed under Quest assigned.

1 finer motif beneath it
Quest for beautiful girl about whom parrots are heard speaking
Filed beside it
Quest assigned by fatherQuest assigned by kingQuests assigned in order to get rid of heroQuest assigned because of feigned illness. Lion's milk (or the like) said to be necessary as cure; hero therefore sent on dangerous questQuest for remarkable bird caused by sight of one of its feathersQuest 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

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