Quest for the most beautiful of women — Mythoi

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Quest for the most beautiful of women.

Tests. · Tests of prowess: quests. · Nature of quests. · Quests for the unique. · view the constellation · filed as H1301

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Filed across the traditions

Irish myth Cross
Icelandic Boberg
French Canadian Barbeau JAFL XXIX 21
West Indies Flowers 466.
general *Fb "kone" II 263a
general BP II 19, 34

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Filed under Quests for the unique.

1 finer motif beneath it

Quest for the most beautiful bride

Filed beside it

Quest for the most beautiful bouquet Quest for the finest of chains Quest for the best of bread Quest for the finest of linen Quest for the smallest of dogs Quest for the finest of horses Quest for the richest person Quest for the greatest of fools Quest for person who can withdraw sword Quest for the spring of the biggest of three rivers east of Gardariki Quest for the strongest Quest for ornament (jewel, etc.) to match one already at hand Liar escapes from devil: quest for greater liar. (Cf. G303.16.19.3, K210, X905.) Quests for the unique – miscellaneous

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