Test of fidelity by feigning death — Mythoi

Motif

Test of fidelity by feigning death.

Tests. · Other tests. · Tests of character. · Tests of character. · view the constellation · filed as H1556.1

Filed across the traditions

English Wells 129 (Sir Orfeo)
Italian Basile Pentamerone II No. 4
India Thompson-Balys
West Indies Flowers 473.

Within the index

Filed under Tests of fidelity.

1 finer motif beneath it

Cock feigns death to see what hens will say about him

Filed beside it

Fidelity of servant tested Test of fidelity (loyalty) of guard. (Faithful unto death.) Test of fidelity through submitting hero to temptations Test of fidelity through offering suspected assassin opportunity to commit the murder Fidelity in love tested Test of fidelity by feigning sleep in same bed as calumniated hero or alone in the forest with him

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