μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Quest for vanished lover. (Cf. H1381.2.1.1.)

Tests. · Tests of prowess: quests. · Nature of quests. · Miscellaneous quests. · view the constellation · filed as H1385.5

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth *Cross
  • Missouri French Carrière
  • Spanish Boggs FFC XC 59, 61 Nos. 425D, 445A
  • Italian Basile Pentamerone II No. 2
  • India Thompson-Balys.
  • general *Type 432
Within the index

Filed under Quest for lost persons.

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 husband 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
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Quest for unknown, vanished beloved
Carried in tale types

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