μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Succession of helpers on quest. One helper sends to another, who sends to another, etc. (Cf. H1241.)

Tests. · Tests of prowess: quests. · Attendant circumstances of quests. · Accomplishment of quests. · view the constellation · filed as H1235

Attested across traditions
Filed across the traditions
  • Icelandic *Boberg
  • Missouri French Carrière
  • Italian Basile Pentamerone Introduction, IV No. 8, V Nos. 4, 9
  • India *Thompson-Balys
  • Japanese Ikeda
  • N. Am. Indian *Thompson Tales 336 n. 211.
  • general Types 400, 425, 516, 756B
  • general *BP II 400
  • general *Wesselski Archiv Orientální IV 1
  • general Clouston Tales II 96
  • general W. R. Halliday Indo-European Folk-Tales and Greek Legend (Cambridge, 1933) 132f.
  • general Gaster Oldest Stories 51
  • general Tegethoff 44
  • general Rösch FFC LXXVII 110
  • general *Andrejev FFC LXIX 225 n. Irish: Cross, Beal XXI 326, O'Suilleabhain 74
Within the index

Filed under Accomplishment of quests.

1 finer motif beneath it
Helpers on quest demand pay for advice
Filed beside it
Large boot-supply for journey. Quest is to be so long that many boots are to be worn out Directions on quest given by sun, moon, wind, and stars Helpers on quest Perilous path traversed on quest Conjuring away obstacles on quest for lost wife Accomplishment of quest – miscellaneous
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Series of quests. One quest can be accomplished when a second is finished, etc. (Cf. H1235.)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Tabu: loss of chastity. Hero loses power with loss of chastity Nuptial tabu. Man and wife forbidden intercourse for definite time Miscellaneous forms of transformation Magic pastry (bread, cake, etc.) Extraordinary club. (Cf. F531.4.5.4.) Infant picks out his unknown father Girl as helper
Carried in tale types

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