Old person as helper on quest — Mythoi

Motif

Old person as helper on quest.

Tests. · Tests of prowess: quests. · Attendant circumstances of quests. · Accomplishment of quests. · view the constellation · filed as H1233.1

Within the index

Filed under Helpers on quest.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Old woman helps on quest Old man helps on quest

Filed beside it

Relation as helper on quest Holy man as helper on quest Supernatural creature as helper on quest Deity as helper on quest Animals help hero on quest

Carried in tale types

The Stolen Jewelry (previously The Stolen Mirror) · ATU 434 1 recorded variant

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