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Motif

Test of valor: rousing servant's anger. Nobleman, when examining servants for hire, bids each stand before him and comb his long beard. Occasionally he snaps at them as if to bite them. Those who dodge he lets go; those who offer fight he employs.

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  • general *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 862.
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Filed under Tests of valor.

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Tests of valor: tournamentSingle combat to prove valorTest of valor: not flinching under a blowTest of valor worthy for kingship: taking possession of royal insignia placed between two ferocious lionsTest of valor: fight with giantTest of valor: attack by warrior and houndWarriors battle against leader as test of valorPrince chooses shorter but more dangerous roadMaster tests disciple by asking him if he will be willing to plunge with him into the Indus

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