μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Test of paternity. Child tested to see if it is child of certain father.

Tests. · Marriage tests. · Father tests. · view the constellation · filed as H486

Filed across the traditions
  • Italian Novella Rotunda.
Within the index

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

2 finer motifs beneath it
Test of paternity: adhesion of blood. Blood of real son will adhere to dead father's bones Test of paternity: shooting at father's corpse. Youngest of supposed sons refuses to shoot and is judged the only genuine son of dead emperor
Filed beside it
Infant picks out his unknown father Infant picks out his unknown mother Animals compete as messenger to call father of new-born child. Their voices are tried 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
Carried in tale types

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