μῦθοι Mythoi
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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.
Within the index

Filed under Test of cleverness or ability.

5 finer motifs beneath 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 belongingsContest in making mouths water. Hero uses certain berry that always causes mouths of onlookers to waterChess game as testTests of poetic ability. (Cf. H503.)Test: telling skillful lie
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 reparteeTest: finding answer to certain question

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