Quest for Gorgon's head — Mythoi

Motif

Quest for Gorgon's head.

Tests. · Tests of prowess: quests. · Nature of quests. · Quest for marvelous objects or animals. · view the constellation · filed as H1332.3

Filed across the traditions

Greek Fox 33 (Perseus), *Frazer Apollodorus I 155 n. 3. → on our shelf: The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK II, ch. IV

Within the index

Filed under Quest for marvelous parts or possessions of animals.

Filed beside it

Quest for golden fleece Quest for vulture's egg figured with golden letters Quest for animal with golden chain Quest for magic pigskin Quest for liver of thunder and heart of dragon Quest for honey from the royal bee-hive

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Devastating fox. Monthly human sacrifice Nuptial tabu. Man and wife forbidden intercourse for definite time Transformation: man to stone Petrification by glance Transformation to husband's (lover's) form to seduce woman Magic sandals Magic cap Magic cap renders invisible: tarnkappe. (Cf. D1067.2, D1361.16.) Magic sandals bear person aloft. (Cf. D1065.5.) Night magically lengthened Three women have but one eye among them. Pass it around. (Cf. F513.1.1.) Three women have but one tooth among them. Pass it around. (Cf. F512.1.2.)

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