μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Quest for bride for oneself.

Tests. · Tests of prowess: quests. · Nature of quests. · Miscellaneous quests. · view the constellation · filed as H1381.3.1.2

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth *Cross
  • Finnish Kalevala runes 5, 11 → on our shelf: The Kalevala, Rune V
  • Italian Basile Pentamerone V No. 9
  • India *Thompson-Balys
  • Chinese Graham
  • Tuamotu Stimson MS (T-G. 3/900)
  • N. Am. Indian (Ojibwa) Thompson CColl II 403.
  • general Type 585
  • general BP III 355
  • general Fb "hår" I 771b
  • general Dickson 184
Within the index

Filed under Quest for bride.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Quest for unknown woman whose picture has aroused man's love. (Cf. H1381.3.1.1.1.) Quest for girl hero has seen in dream Quest for dangerous maiden as bride
Filed beside it
Quest for bride for king (prince) Quest for bride for dwarf
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Journey to other world to obtain a wife. (Cf. H1381.3.1.2.)

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