Enigmatical quests.
Tests. · Tests of prowess: quests. · Nature of quests. · Miscellaneous quests. · view the constellation · filed as H1377
Motif
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 questsAllegorical questsParadoxical quests. (Cf. H1050.)Quest for unknown personQuest for unknown objects or placesQuest for unknown animalQuest for lost personsQuest for lost objectQuest: answer to certain questionQuest for armor from a grave moundQuest to distant sage for adviceQuest for person who has not known sorrowHeroes seek judgment as to which is greatest. (Cf. H1311.1.)Quest for light-giving childQuest for enemies