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Motif

Suitor test: finding princess.

Tests. · Marriage tests. · Suitor tests. · Suitor tests. · view the constellation · filed as H322

Filed across the traditions
  • Filipino Fansler MAFLS XII 183
  • Tuamotu Stimson (z-G. 13/1241)
  • West Indies Flowers 457.
  • general Type 590
  • general Fb "skjule"
  • general cf. Thompson CColl II 393
Within the index

Filed under Suitor tests. A suitor is put to severe tests by his prospective bride or father-in-law.

4 finer motifs beneath it
Suitor test: finding object hidden by princess Suitor test: to get to imprisoned princess in a year's time Suitor test: bringing leg that fits into dragon claw left by the beloved of the princess Suitor test: bringing maiden's lost shoe
Filed beside it
Tests for hero, husband of supernatural (divine) wife Brother unwittingly qualifies as bridegroom of sister in test Inspection test for suitors. Suitors for princess's hand must present themselves for public inspection. (Cf. H362, T55.7.) Physical and mental requirements for suitors Suitor test: obedience and humility before bride Suitor's sincerity tested Suitor test: to whom the princess turns. Rival suitors sleep with princess. The one she turns to is to have her. They vie in enticements Suitor test: apple thrown indicates princess's choice. (Often golden apple.) Long term of service imposed on suitor Suitor preferred who will pay enormous sum for bride Suitor test: hiding from princess. She has magic sight Suitor test: learning girl's name Suitor test: choosing princess from others identically clad Suitor test: skill Suitor test: cleverness and learning Suitor test: power of endurance
Carried in tale types

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