Youngest brother alone succeeds on quest — Mythoi

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Youngest brother alone succeeds on quest.

Tests. · Tests of prowess: quests. · Attendant circumstances of quests. · Other circumstances of quests. · view the constellation · filed as H1242

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth Cross
Missouri French Carrière
India *Thompson-Balys
N. Am. Indian Thompson CColl II 398
Chile Pino Saavedra 402–405.
general *Type 402, 471, 550, 551, 577
general BP 260, 503

Within the index

Filed under Other circumstances of quests.

1 finer motif beneath it

Unpromising hero succeeds in quest

Filed beside it

Series of quests. One quest can be accomplished when a second is finished, etc. (Cf. H1235.) Riches the reward of questions solved on quests Forgiveness the reward of successful quest Quest to be accomplished in one day Sleep forbidden until quest is accomplished Object sought brings about death of assigner of quest

Carried in tale types

Bird, Horse and Princess (previously Search for the Golden Bird) · ATU 550 80 recorded variants
Water of Life (previously The Sons on a Quest for a Wonderful Remedy for their Father) · ATU 551 8 recorded variants
The Animal Bride (previously The Mouse [Cat, Frog, etc · ATU 402 2 recorded variants
The Bridge to the Otherworld · ATU 471 2 recorded variants

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