King recognized by unique ability to occupy certain seat (Siege perilous)

Motif

King recognized by unique ability to occupy certain seat (Siege perilous).

Tests. · Identity tests: Recognition. · Recognition through personal peculiarities · view the constellation · filed as H41.9

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

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
general *Nutt Studies in the Legend of the Holy Grail (London, 1888) 81f., 88.

Within the index

Filed under Recognition of royalty by personal characteristics or traits. (Cf. H36.2, H71.)

1 finer motif beneath it

Chariot tilts under anyone who is not entitled to throne

Filed beside it

Princess on the pea. Princess recognized by her inability to sleep on bed which has a pea under its dozen mattresses High-spitting the test of a chief Test of king (pope): his candle lights itself Flame issuing from mouth as sign of royalty Unknown prince shows his kingly qualities in dealing with his playmates Prophecy for newborn princesses: the one who takes gold in the mouth will be married to a prince; the one who takes hawkweed, to a peasant Task: to ride horse whereby one becomes king Test of royalty: ability to sow, reap, and winnow rice in one day Chief in disguise carries bundle so large that rank is recognized

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