μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.

  • Irish mythCross
  • Italian NovellaRotunda.
Within the index

Filed under Test of cleverness or ability.

2 finer motifs beneath it
King propounds questions to his sons to determine successorBride offered to man who can find answer to question
Filed beside it
Sons tested for skillTest of wisdomTest of learningTest of musical ability. (Cf. H509.4.)Test of skill in handiworkTest of cleverness: uttering three wise words. Youths called on to do so display by their answers extraordinary powers of deductionTest of resourcefulnessWit combat. Test in reparteeTests of cleverness or ability: miscellaneous

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