Test of cleverness or ability — Mythoi

Motif

Test of cleverness or ability.

Tests. · Tests of cleverness. · Test of cleverness or ability. · view the constellation · filed as H500

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth *Cross, Chauvin VII 160, VIII 11ff.
West Indies Flowers 459.

Within the index

10 finer motifs beneath it

Sons tested for skill Test of wisdom Test of learning Test of musical ability. (Cf. H509.4.) Test of skill in handiwork Test of cleverness: uttering three wise words. Youths called on to do so display by their answers extraordinary powers of deduction Test of resourcefulness Wit combat. Test in repartee Test: finding answer to certain question Tests of cleverness or ability: miscellaneous

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Debate of body and soul. Soul having left body enters into debate with the body concerning relative merits of body and soul. (Cf. H500.)

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