μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Quest for lost persons.

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

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • India Thompson-Balys
  • Chinese Graham.
Within the index

Filed under Miscellaneous quests.

13 finer motifs beneath 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 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
Filed beside it
Impossible quests Allegorical quests Enigmatical quests Paradoxical quests. (Cf. H1050.) Quest for unknown person Quest for unknown objects or places Quest for unknown animal 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
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Quest for unknown woman. (Cf. H1385, M55.)

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