Tasks assigned at suggestion of jealous rivals

Motif

Tasks assigned at suggestion of jealous rivals.

Tests. · Tests of prowess: tasks. · Assignment and performance of tasks. · Assignment of tasks. · Assignment of tasks in response to suggestion. · view the constellation · filed as H911

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth *Cross
Icelandic *Boberg
French Canadian Barbeau JAFL XXIX 22
Missouri French Carrière
Spanish Boggs FFC XC 59 No. 425D
Italian Basile Pentamerone III No. 7, IV No. 5, Rotunda
India *Thompson-Balys
West Indies Flowers 459.
general *Types 328, 501, 531, 725
general BP I 109, III 18ff.
general Köhler-Bolte I 430

Within the index

Filed under Assignment of tasks in response to suggestion.

1 finer motif beneath it

Task (quest) assigned at suggestion of jealous co-wife

Filed beside it

Tasks assigned at suggestion of jealous brothers (sisters) Tasks assigned by jealous parent Tasks assigned because of mother's foolish boasting. The mother foolishly boasts to the king that the daughter can perform an impossible task (often spinning) Tasks assigned because of girl's (boy's) own foolish boast Tasks imposed at suggestion of spouse (sweetheart) Tasks assigned at own unwitting suggestion. Jason thus sent for the Golden Fleece Tasks assigned at suggestion contained in letter borne by the victim Assignment of tasks in response to suggestion – miscellaneous

Carried in tale types

The Clever Horse (previously Ferdinand the True and Ferdinand the False) · ATU 531 864 recorded variants
The Diver · ATU 434* 2 recorded variants
The Man Persecuted Because of his Beautiful Wife · ATU 465 2 recorded variants
The Boy Steals the Ogre's Treasure · ATU 328 1 recorded variant

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