Suitor task: killing ferocious animal — Mythoi

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Suitor task: killing ferocious animal.

Tests. · Marriage tests. · Suitor tests. · Suitor tests. · view the constellation · filed as H335.3

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

7 finer motifs beneath it

Suitor task: to kill dragon to whom the princess is to be sacrificed Suitor task: killing lion guarding girl Suitor task: to slay thieving boar Suitor task: to kill treasure-guarding snake lying around the princess's chamber Task: hero's servant must kill giant pig Suitor task: killing tiger demons Suitor task: to kill other monsters

Filed beside it

Bride helps suitor perform his tasks 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: 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.)

Task: killing certain man. (Cf. H335.3, H335.5, H335.6.) Suitor required to catch wild animals. (Cf. H335.3.)

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