Quest for bride for oneself

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Quest for bride for oneself.

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

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“In the waves at goodly distance, Quickly from the sea it rises On the sixth and seventh billows, Lifts its head above the waters, Out of reach of fishing-tackle, Then addresses Wainamoinen, Chiding thus the ancient hero: “Wainamoinen, ancient minstrel, Do not think that I came hither To be fished for as a salmon, Only to be chopped in pieces, Dressed and eaten like a whiting Make for thee a dainty breakfast, Make for thee a meal at…”

— The Kalevala, Rune V · served from our shelf

On our shelf — the index’s citations, resolved to served chapters

FinnishThe Kalevala, Rune VThompson cites: Kalevala runes 5, 11

Scholars’ trail — 11references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

Irish myth*Cross
FinnishKalevala runes 5, 11 → on our shelf: The Kalevala, Rune V
ItalianBasile Pentamerone V No. 9
India*Thompson-Balys
ChineseGraham
TuamotuStimson 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

Journey to other world to obtain a wife. (Cf. H1381.3.1.2.)

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