μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Quest for unknown woman. (Cf. H1385, M55.)

Tests. · Tests of prowess: quests. · Nature of quests. · Miscellaneous quests. · view the constellation · filed as H1381.3

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Filed under Quest for unknown person.

8 finer motifs beneath it
Quest for bride Quest for Glass Princess Quest for clever woman Quest for princess transformed into skein of silk Quest for woman exactly like another Quest for persecuted woman Quest for princess hidden by father Quest for queen of fairies
Filed beside it
Quest for unknown parents Quest for unknown father Quest for son of sinless couple Hero seeks his equal. (Cf. H1311.1.) Quest for unknown son Quest for unknown bridegroom who has certain name and is only son among seven children of father
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Quest for lost persons Judgment: pardon given if hero produces the lady about whom he has boasted

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