Princess offered to man who can defeat her in repartee — Mythoi

Motif

Princess offered to man who can defeat her in repartee.

Tests. · Tests of cleverness. · Test of cleverness or ability. · view the constellation · filed as H507.1

Filed across the traditions

Japanese Ikeda.
general *Type 853
general BP I 201
general *Wesselski Der Islam XXII (1934) 114 n. 4

Within the index

Filed under Wit combat. Test in repartee.

3 finer motifs beneath it

Princess defeated in repartee by means of objects accidentally picked up. E. g., Hero: What red lips you have! Princess: There is fire inside. – Hero: Then boil this egg (producing egg) King defeated in repartee by boy, who thus wins girl. Boy: "Who would give a man a bath, feed him his rice, and then bring him the tamal-pan to chew?" King: "No one but a wife." Boy claims minister's daughter Princess offered to man who can defeat her in argument

Filed beside it

Test: making senseless remarks. King brought to say, "What is the sense in that?" Contest in wishing Wit combat among three sisters for additional dowry. Replies to husbands when their premarital pregnancy is noticed Contest in scolding as introduction to battle Literary contest won by deception: he who will be first silenced is the loser. When the false teacher answers in nonsense syllables, the true scholar is speechless and so loses contest

Carried in tale types

The Hero Catches the Princess with her Own Words · ATU 853 1 recorded variant

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