Object sought brings about death of assigner of quest

Motif

Object sought brings about death of assigner of quest.

Tests. · Tests of prowess: quests. · Attendant circumstances of quests. · Other circumstances of quests. · view the constellation · filed as H1248

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

Irish mythCross.

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Filed under Other circumstances of quests.

Filed beside it

Series of quests. One quest can be accomplished when a second is finished, etc. (Cf. H1235.)Youngest brother alone succeeds on quest 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

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