μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Enigmatical quests.

Tests. · Tests of prowess: quests. · Nature of quests. · Miscellaneous quests. · view the constellation · filed as H1377

Within the index

Filed under Miscellaneous quests.

4 finer motifs beneath it
Quest for glass of all waters. (Sea water.) Quest for bouquet of all flowers. (Beehive.) Quest for the hazelnuts of ay, ay, ay. (Brings hazelnuts with thorns so that the king cries "Ay, ay, ay" when he takes them.) Quest for dusty cloth. (Barren woman assigns quest. Dusty cloth is one made dusty by the feet of a child.)
Filed beside it
Impossible quests Allegorical quests Paradoxical quests. (Cf. H1050.) Quest for unknown person Quest for unknown objects or places Quest for unknown animal Quest for lost persons Quest for lost object Quest: answer to certain question Quest for armor from a grave mound Quest to distant sage for advice Quest for person who has not known sorrow Heroes seek judgment as to which is greatest. (Cf. H1311.1.) Quest for light-giving child Quest for enemies

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