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Infant picks out his unknown father.

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“Go very slowly, and you will reach there at night; it is not far from here. It is a very difficult country where you are going. Maybe you will not be able to get there.’”’ She gave him a stuffed frog and some glue. ‘“‘When- ever the mountains are too steep for you to climb, cry, ‘Where is my grandmother?’ put glue on your hands, and climb, and you will stick to the rocks. When you reach your next grand- mother, she will advise you well.”

Tales of the North American Indians, Tale 54 · served from our shelf  receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

Attested across traditions
Scholars’ trail — 10references

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.

  • Missouri FrenchCarrière
  • ItalianBasile Pentamerone I No. 3
  • India*Thompson-Balys
  • IndonesianDe Vries's list No. 208
  • JapaneseIkeda
  • N. Am. Indian*Thompson Tales 336 n. 212
  • general *Type 675
  • general BP I 485
  • general *Fb "barn" IV 27b
  • general S. Am. Indian (Yunca): Alexander Lat. Am. 228.
Within the index

Filed under Father tests. Test as to who is unknown father of child.

1 finer motif beneath it
Infant indicates his unknown father by handing him an apple
Filed beside it
Infant picks out his unknown motherAnimals compete as messenger to call father of new-born child. Their voices are triedTest of unknown father: gold on street. Princess has gold put on street leading to her. The man who rides over the gold-covered street without noticing is the father of her childTest of paternity. Child tested to see if it is child of certain father
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Tabu: loss of chastity. Hero loses power with loss of chastityNuptial tabu. Man and wife forbidden intercourse for definite timeMiscellaneous forms of transformationMagic pastry (bread, cake, etc.)Extraordinary club. (Cf. F531.4.5.4.)Succession of helpers on quest. One helper sends to another, who sends to another, etc. (Cf. H1241.)Girl as helper
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