Tests of generosity

Motif

Tests of generosity.

Tests. · Other tests. · Tests of character. · Tests of character. · view the constellation · filed as H1552

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

Irish myth*Cross.

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Filed under Tests of character.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Which was the most generous – husband, robber, or lover? Woman has promised her lover to go to him on her wedding night. Husband lets her go. On way she meets robbers and tells her story. Robbers take her to her lover. She tells what has happened. Lover returns her immediately to her husband Contest in generosity. Ruler vies with minister in generosity. Minister declared loser and condemned to die. Pardoned on acknowledging defeat

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Bad character shown by the eyes Tests of patience Test of curiosity. (Cf. H1557.)Tests of honesty Tests of fidelity Tests of obedience Tests of friendship Tests of valor Test of strength Test of skill Test of hospitality Tests of gratitude Test for admission to warrior band Test of leadership Test of the champion Tests of character – miscellaneous

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