Quest for three feathers of marvelous bird — Mythoi

Motif

Quest for three feathers of marvelous bird.

Tests. · Tests of prowess: quests. · Nature of quests. · Quest for marvelous objects or animals. · view the constellation · filed as H1331.1.2

Filed across the traditions

Swiss Jegerlehner Oberwallis 299 No. 17, 304 No. 29.
general *Type 550

Within the index

Filed under Quest for marvelous bird.

1 finer motif beneath it

Quest for remarkable bird feathers

Filed beside it

Quest for Bird of Truth 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

Bird, Horse and Princess (previously Search for the Golden Bird) · ATU 550 16 recorded variants

ask the rhapsode about this motif · search the shelf for “marvelous” · wander