King (father) assigns tasks to his unknown son

Motif

King (father) assigns tasks to his unknown son.

Tests. · Tests of prowess: tasks. · Assignment and performance of tasks. · Assignment of tasks. · Assigners of tasks. · view the constellation · filed as H921

Filed across the traditions

India *Thompson-Balys
S. Am. Indian (Tupinamba) Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 132.
general *Type 920
general De Vries FFC LXXIII 40ff., 323ff.

Within the index

Filed under Assigners of tasks.

1 finer motif beneath it

Task set by king to sons to determine heir to kingdom

Filed beside it

Departing husband assigns his wife tasks Tasks assigned before man may rescue wife from spirit world Tasks assigned prisoner so that he may escape punishment Tasks set by deity Tasks imposed as tribute Tasks assigned in order to get rid of hero Tasks assigned to devil (ogre) Princess sets hero tasks. (Cf. H335.) Relative assigns tasks. (Cf. H912–H914.) Witch assigns tasks Tasks assigned because of longings of pregnant woman Task assigned by dying child Fairy assigns tasks. (Cf. H1219.4.) Other assigners of tasks

Carried in tale types

The Son of the King and the Son of the Smith · ATU 920 4 recorded variants

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