Objects of quest found in deserted castle where hero is served by unseen hands

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Objects of quest found in deserted castle where hero is served by unseen hands.

Tests. · Tests of prowess: quests. · Attendant circumstances of quests. · Accomplishment of quests. · view the constellation · filed as H1239.2

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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.

general Type 425
general Tegethoff 14. Icelandic: Boberg.

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Prince agrees to marry a servant girl if she will help him on a quest Quest accomplished by means of objects given by helpers Man with magic knowledge defeats his competitors in quest by misinforming them about the character of country they will be traveling (for a place where there is no water he makes them bring loads of wood; for a place where water is he makes them bring along loads of water)Seductive women attempt to divert quester

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