Suitors chosen with feet as only part seen — Mythoi

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Suitors chosen with feet as only part seen.

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Filed across the traditions

Icelandic Boberg.

Within the index

Filed under Physical and mental requirements for suitors.

Filed beside it

Successful suitor to be without blotches Successful suitor must have gold teeth Successful suitor must have whitest hands. Blacksmith qualifies because of frequent washing of hands Successful suitor must have cheeks like blood, skin like snow and hair like a raven. (Cf. Z65.1.) Suitor test: correct wearing of clothes Suitor test: to be able to go through a wall Bridegroom-to-be has to have three pecks, three quarts of gold and an animal with a horn on his head pointing to the sky, and a large red hair

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