μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Quest for lost father. (Cf. H1216.)

Tests. · Tests of prowess: quests. · Nature of quests. · Miscellaneous quests. · view the constellation · filed as H1385.7

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth Cross
  • Icelandic Boberg
  • India *Thompson-Balys.
Within the index

Filed under Quest for lost persons.

1 finer motif beneath it
Quest for lost grandfather
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 vanished lover. (Cf. H1381.2.1.1.) Quest for lost sister 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.)
Mother sends son to find unknown father. (Cf. H1385.7.)

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