Quest for Bird of Truth — Mythoi

Motif

Quest for Bird of Truth.

Tests. · Tests of prowess: quests. · Nature of quests. · Quest for marvelous objects or animals. · view the constellation · filed as H1331.1.1

Filed across the traditions

India *Thompson-Balys. See all references to B131.
general *Type 707

Within the index

Filed under Quest for marvelous bird.

Filed beside it

Quest for three feathers of marvelous bird Quest for golden bird Quest for speaking bird. Makes all other birds sing with him Quest for fat of water blackbirds

Carried in tale types

The Three Golden Children (previously The Three Golden Sons) · ATU 707 256 recorded variants

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