μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth *Cross
  • Icelandic *Boberg
  • German Grimm Nos. 92, 113, 121, 196
  • Italian Basile Pentamerone II No. 7, Rotunda
  • India Thompson-Balys
  • Chinese Graham
  • Japanese Ikeda.
  • general *Type 313
Within the index

Filed under Tasks assigned suitors. Bride as prize for accomplishment. (For nature of tasks see H1000ff.)

2 finer motifs beneath it
Otherworld mistress instructs hero how to perform tasks (imposed by her mother) Bride's parents (supernatural) help suitor win in suitor contests
Filed beside it
Girl assigns tasks to her suitors Devil as suitor assigned tasks Suitor tasks announced by inscription on statue Goddess assigns task to her mortal suitor Suitor task: avenging bride's father's death before marriage Suitor task: cutting open magic gourd Suitor task: killing ferocious animal Suitor task: to defeat enemies Suitor task: to bring back food as a marriage present Suitor task: making weather calm. (Cf. D2141.0.8.1.)
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Riddles solved with aid of propounder's wife. (Cf. G530.2, H335.0.1, H974.)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Tabu: kissing. Usually causes disenchantment or magic forgetfulness. (Cf. D735, D2003.) Magic forgetfulness for breaking tabu Transformation to black man Transformation: man to rosebush Gradual disenchantment. (Cf. D617.) Disenchantment by use of crystal ball Magic object found in garden Magic charm summons dwarfs. (Cf. D1273.) Provisions magically furnished. (Cf. D1470.) Devil disappears when cock crows. (Cf. G303.16.19.4.) Task performed by dwarfs. (Cf. F451.5.1.) Task: stacking wood from felled forest in one day
Carried in tale types

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