Quest for vanished husband — Mythoi

Motif

Quest for vanished husband.

Tests. · Tests of prowess: quests. · Nature of quests. · Miscellaneous quests. · view the constellation · filed as H1385.4

Filed across the traditions

Icelandic Boberg
Italian Basile Pentamerone V Nos. 3, 4
India *Thompson-Balys
Oceanic Beckwith Myth 169ff.
general *Types 425, 890
general Tegethoff 42

Within the index

Filed under Quest for lost persons.

1 finer motif beneath it

Quest for husband who has been reincarnated as cat

Filed beside it

Unspelling quest: journey to disenchant (free) captives Quest for stolen princess Quest for vanished daughter Quest for vanished wife (mistress) Quest for vanished lover. (Cf. H1381.2.1.1.) Quest for lost sister Quest for lost father. (Cf. H1216.) Quest for lost brother(s) Quest for lost (stolen) family Quest for lost prince (king) Quest for lost uncles King in quest of his prime minister who has left him in anger

Carried in tale types

The Animal as Bridegroom · ATU 425A 48 recorded variants
Son of the Witch (previously The Disenchanted Husband: the Witch's Tasks) · ATU 425B 6 recorded variants
The Insulted Bridegroom Disenchanted (previously Enchanted Animal Husband Insulted by Guests) · ATU 425* 1 recorded variant

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