Suitors assigned quests

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Suitors assigned quests.

Tests. · Marriage tests. · Suitor tests. · Suitor tests. · view the constellation · filed as H336

“At length he thought of a way, and said to the King, " Everything which she has about her is of gold — tables, chairs, dishes, glasses, bowls, and household furniture. Among thy treasures are five tons of gold ; let one of the goldsmiths of the kingdom work thetse up into all manner of vessels and utensils, into all kinds of birds, wild beasts and strange animals, such as may please her, and we will go there with them and try our luck."”

— Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 6 · served from our shelf receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

Attested across traditions

GermanicGrimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 6 receipt
GermanicGrimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 62 receipt
GermanicGrimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 93 receipt
GermanicGrimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 96 receipt
GermanicGrimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 97 receipt
GermanicGrimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 106 receipt
GermanicGrimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 137 receipt
GermanicGrimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 163 receipt
GermanicGrimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 197 receipt

Scholars’ trail — 6references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

Irish myth*Cross
EnglishWells 115 (Sir Eglamore)
GermanGrimm Nos. 6, 62, 93, 96, 97, 106, 137, 163, 197
Icelandic*Boberg
Africa (Fjort)Dennett 74.
general *Types 513, 514

Within the index

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

2 finer motifs beneath it

Prospective father-in-law requires that suitor for his daughter's hand visit foreign country (otherworld?) to learn feats of arms Suitor required to catch wild animals. (Cf. H335.3.)

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: finding princess Suitor test: learning girl's name Suitor test: choosing princess from others identically clad Suitor test: skill Suitor test: cleverness and learning

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Devastating bison (buffalo)Ant grateful for preventing destruction of nest Duck recovers lost key from sea Man carried on goat's horns. (Goat is transformed man.)Tabu: speaking during certain time Transformation: man to whale Transformation: man to goat (he-goat, she-goat, kid etc.)Transformation: man to raven Transformation: man to smoke Castle magically made smaller Men transformed to animals fight Gradual disenchantment. (Cf. D617.)

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