Tasks assigned before man may rescue wife from spirit world

Motif

Tasks assigned before man may rescue wife from spirit world.

Tests. · Tests of prowess: tasks. · Assignment and performance of tasks. · Assignment of tasks. · Assigners of tasks. · view the constellation · filed as H923

Filed across the traditions

Indonesia De Vries's list No. 169.

Within the index

Filed under Assigners of tasks.

1 finer motif beneath it

Task assigned before wife may rescue husband from supernatural power

Filed beside it

King (father) assigns tasks to his unknown son Departing husband assigns his wife tasks 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

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