Paradoxical quests. (Cf. H1050.) — Mythoi

Motif

Paradoxical quests. (Cf. H1050.)

Tests. · Tests of prowess: quests. · Nature of quests. · Miscellaneous quests. · view the constellation · filed as H1378

Within the index

Filed under Miscellaneous quests.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Quest for wood neither crooked nor straight. (Sawdust.) Quest for king's joy and woe. (King tells of adventures in which his brothers are all killed. They were a joy to him but their death a woe.)

Filed beside it

Impossible quests Allegorical quests Enigmatical quests 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

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Paradoxical tasks

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