Quest for unknown person — Mythoi

Motif

Quest for unknown person.

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

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Within the index

Filed under Miscellaneous quests.

7 finer motifs beneath it

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

Filed beside it

Impossible quests Allegorical quests Enigmatical quests Paradoxical quests. (Cf. H1050.) 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

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