Tests of fidelity — Mythoi

Motif

Tests of fidelity.

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

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Norse The First Nine Books of the Danish History of Saxo Grammaticus , Book 5

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth Cross
Hindu Tawney I 86 n., 196, 357, II 57, 71, 606
Arabian Burton Nights V 144, IX 325.

Within the index

Filed under Tests of character.

7 finer motifs beneath it

Fidelity of servant tested Test of fidelity (loyalty) of guard. (Faithful unto death.) Test of fidelity by feigning 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

Filed beside it

Bad character shown by the eyes Tests of generosity Tests of patience Test of curiosity. (Cf. H1557.) Tests of honesty 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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