Pursuit of rolling cake leads to quest — Mythoi

Motif

Pursuit of rolling cake leads to quest.

Tests. · Tests of prowess: quests. · Attendant circumstances of quests. · Quests voluntarily undertaken. · view the constellation · filed as H1226

Cited in the index

general Type 480
general *Roberts 127
general BP I 217, II 392, III 458.

Within the index

Filed under Quests voluntarily undertaken.

4 finer motifs beneath it

Pursuit of rolling hoop leads to quest Pursuit of magic arrow leads to adventures Pursuit of rolling golden apple leads to quest Pursuit of rolling ball of yarn leads to quest

Filed beside 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 Quest undertaken before hero will marry Quest undertaken by hero for vengeance Quests voluntarily undertaken – miscellaneous

Carried in tale types

The Kind and the Unkind Girls (previously The Spinning-Women by the Spring · ATU 480 12 recorded variants

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