μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Quest for lost object.

Tests. · Tests of prowess: quests. · Nature of quests. · Miscellaneous quests. · view the constellation · filed as H1386

Filed across the traditions
  • Missouri French Carrière.
Within the index

Filed under Miscellaneous quests.

4 finer motifs beneath it
Quest for lost horn Quest for missing ring Quest for lost bird Quest for lost ecclesiastical rule
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 persons 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

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