Tests of poetic ability. (Cf. H503.) — Mythoi

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Tests of poetic ability. (Cf. H503.)

Tests. · Tests of cleverness. · Test of cleverness or ability. · view the constellation · filed as H509.4

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth Cross
India *Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Tests of cleverness or ability: miscellaneous.

3 finer motifs beneath it

Test: supplying missing half-stanza Riddles proposed as tests of poetic ability Understanding poem as test

Filed beside it

Test: threading needle. Guest of convent is given choice of nuns. On the morrow he is given three opportunities to thread a needle. Success means reward, failure confiscation of his belongings Contest in making mouths water. Hero uses certain berry that always causes mouths of onlookers to water Chess game as test Test: telling skillful lie

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Test of musical ability. (Cf. H509.4.)

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