Quests voluntarily undertaken

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Quests voluntarily undertaken.

Tests. · Tests of prowess: quests. · Attendant circumstances of quests. · Quests voluntarily undertaken. · view the constellation · filed as H1220

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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.

Irish*Cross, Beal XXI 318, 320
Icelandic*Boberg.

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9 finer motifs beneath it

Quest for adventure Prince a-hunting enters on quest Quest to undertake feats of valor Quest to distant king for military aid Quest for a strong adversary Pursuit of rolling cake leads to quest Quest undertaken before hero will marry Quest undertaken by hero for vengeance Quests voluntarily undertaken – miscellaneous

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