μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Test 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 child.

Tests. · Marriage tests. · Father tests. · view the constellation · filed as H485

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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.

  • general Köhler-Bolte I 56.
Within the index

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

Filed beside it
Infant picks out his unknown fatherInfant picks out his unknown motherAnimals compete as messenger to call father of new-born child. Their voices are triedTest of paternity. Child tested to see if it is child of certain father

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