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Assignment of quests – miscellaneous.

Tests. · Tests of prowess: quests. · Attendant circumstances of quests. · Quest assigned. · view the constellation · filed as H1219

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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 murder Quest assigned as punishment by father of abducted girl Quest assigned by fairy. (Cf. H938.) Quest assigned prisoner Quest assigned as result of slander Quest assigned as payment for hospitality Quest assigned as punishment for curiosity
Filed beside it
Quest assigned by father Quest assigned by king Quests assigned in order to get rid of hero Quest assigned because of feigned illness. Lion's milk (or the like) said to be necessary as cure; hero therefore sent on dangerous quest Quest for remarkable bird caused by sight of one of its feathers Quest assigned because of hero's knowledge of animal languages Quest assigned because of hero's boast Mother sends son to find unknown father. (Cf. H1385.7.) Quest assigned because of dream King possessing one marvelous object sends hero on quest for another like it

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