Quest for unknown magic words. Hero seeks them on the heads of swallows, the necks of swans, the backs of geese, and the tongues of reindeer — Mythoi

Motif

Quest for unknown magic words. Hero seeks them on the heads of swallows, the necks of swans, the backs of geese, and the tongues of reindeer.

Tests. · Tests of prowess: quests. · Nature of quests. · Miscellaneous quests. · view the constellation · filed as H1382.1

Filed across the traditions

Finnish Kalevala rune 16. → on our shelf: The Kalevala, Rune XVI

Within the index

Filed under Quest for unknown objects or places.

Filed beside it

Quest for unknown story (epic) Quest for unknown wonder

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Tabu: drinking Transformation to escape from captivity Boat made by magic Magic formula (charm) Land of the dead Descent to lower world of dead (Hell, Hades) River entrance to lower world Dead place net across river to prevent living man from returning to earth. (Cf. F105.) Dead oppose return of living from land of the dead. (Cf. F93.1.1.) Quest to lower world for lost words

ask the rhapsode about this motif · search the shelf for “swallows” · wander