μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

  • Eskimo (Greenland)Rasmussen I 259.
Within the index

Filed under Bride test.

1 finer motif beneath it
Bride test: key in flax reveals laziness. Suitor hides key in flax on spinning wheel. Finds it there next day
Filed beside it
Ring (jewel) bride test. Hero will marry girl possessing certain ring or jewelBride chosen from girls assembled at feast. (Cf. H311.)Deceased wife marriage test. Man will marry woman meeting certain specifications prescribed by his deceased wifeBride test: size of feetBride test: performance of tasksBride contest: gameBride test: thriftBride test: domestic skillBride test: kindnessBride test: greedinessBride test: obedienceBride test: constancyBride test: wisdom (cleverness)
Travels with
Test of industry. (Cf. H382.)

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