μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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Filed under Quest assigned.

8 finer motifs beneath it
Quest assigned as payment for gambling loss. (Cf. H942.)Quest assigned as punishment for murderQuest assigned as punishment by father of abducted girlQuest assigned by fairy. (Cf. H938.)Quest assigned prisonerQuest assigned as result of slanderQuest assigned as payment for hospitalityQuest assigned as punishment for curiosity
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 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 it

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