μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Suitor task: to defeat enemies.

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Filed across the traditions
  • Icelandic *Boberg
  • Cheremis Sebeok-Nyerges.
Within the index

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

4 finer motifs beneath it
Suitor task: to bring enemy's head Suitor task: to overcome robbers Suitor task: to kill all earlier suitors Suitor task: to kill (defeat) unwelcome suitor
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: killing ferocious animal Suitor task: to bring back food as a marriage present Suitor task: making weather calm. (Cf. D2141.0.8.1.)

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