Choice among several gifts. The worst horse, armor, or the like proves best

Motif

Choice among several gifts. The worst horse, armor, or the like proves best.

Reversal of fortune. · Modesty brings reward. · Modest choice best. · view the constellation · filed as L212

“But scarcely had the golden saddle touched the horse than he beo-an to neigh loudly. The grooms awoke, seized the youth, and threw him into prison. The next morning he was sen- tenced by the court to death ; but the King promised to grant him his life, and the Golden Horse as well if he could bring back the beautiful princess from the Golden uastle. With a heavy heart the youth set out; yet luckily toriiim he soon found the trusty Fox.”

— Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 57 · served from our shelf uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

On our shelf — the index’s citations, resolved to served chapters

GermanGrimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 57Thompson cites: Grimm No. 57

Scholars’ trail — 9references

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.

GermanGrimm No. 57 → on our shelf: Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 57
SpanishEspinosa Jr. Nos. 62, 64
Jewish*Neuman
India*Thompson-Balys
ChineseGraham
N. Am. IndianThompson CColl II 341, (Arikara): Dorsey CI XVII No. 16
West IndiesFlowers 559.
general *Fb "hest" I 598b
general Child II 444f., 450, 453f.

Within the index

Filed under Modest choice best.

4 finer motifs beneath it

Saint, offered any gift from God, chooses (virginity and) wisdom Solomon, offered any gift from God, chooses wisdom. Granted wisdom and wealth Hero prefers fame to long life Modest choice proves good (simple unique privilege). Girl offered reward of five villages chooses rather to be only one on certain night to be allowed to have light in her house and to keep all animals who enter as hers. All kinds of livestock come

Filed beside it

Modest choice: three caskets type. Objects from which choice is to be made are hidden in caskets (or the like). The worst looking casket proves to be the best choice Poor girl chosen rather than the rich. Treasure follows Old chosen rather than new. Fortunate choice Unpromising magic object chosen. Hero refuses to take one that cries out "take me!"Poor game proves rich Accustomed rags preferred to new garments. A Brahmin returns home to find a palace instead of a cottage; he recognizes his wife only after she throws off her jewels and ornaments to stand before him in her old rags

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Speaking fox Disenchantment for breaking tabu Disenchantment by cutting off animal's limb

wander