Tasks assigned because of longings of pregnant woman

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Tasks assigned because of longings of pregnant woman.

Tests. · Tests of prowess: tasks. · Assignment and performance of tasks. · Assignment of tasks. · Assigners of tasks. · view the constellation · filed as H936

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Scholars’ trail — 4references

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 myth*Cross
ItalianBasile Pentamerone III No. 4
India*Thompson-Balys
JapaneseIkeda.

Within the index

Filed under Assigners of tasks.

Filed beside it

King (father) assigns tasks to his unknown son 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 Task assigned by dying child Fairy assigns tasks. (Cf. H1219.4.)Other assigners of tasks

Travels with

Pregnant woman craving fish sends husband to heaven after lucky fishhook. (Cf. H936.)

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