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Motif

Test of sex of girl masking as man.

Tests. · Other tests. · Miscellaneous tests. · Miscellaneous tests. · view the constellation · filed as H1578.1

Filed across the traditions
  • Italian Basile Pentamerone III No. 6
  • India Thompson-Balys.
  • general BP II 57f., III 236
Within the index

Filed under Test of sex: to discover person masking as of other sex.

6 finer motifs beneath it
Test of sex of girl masking as man: peas spread on floor. Men tread firmly; women slip Test of sex of girl masking as man: spinning wheel brought. Men take no notice; women interested Test of sex of girl masking as man: choosing flowers. Girl will choose a carnation; man a rose Test of sex of girl masking as man: ball thrown into lap. Girls spread legs to catch it; men not Test of sex of girl masking as man: nuts and apples offered. Men put them in their shirts, girls into their handkerchiefs Test of sex of girl masking as man: warned by a parrot, she picks only one flower
Filed beside it
Test of sex of man masking as girl: arms placed among baskets and war-trumpet sounded. Man snatches arms
Carried in tale types

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