Modest request best — Mythoi

Motif

Modest request best.

Reversal of fortune. · Modesty brings reward. · Modest request best. · view the constellation · filed as L220

Filed across the traditions

N. Am. Indian *Thompson Tales 276 n. 18a.
general *Cox 480
general *BP II 232
general *MacCulloch Childhood 191

Within the index

3 finer motifs beneath it

Modest request: present from the journey. Asked what her father shall bring her as a present, the heroine chooses a modest gift. It is usually a flower but sometimes does not turn out to be such a simple gift after all (golden cloak, golden apple) Modest choice: parting gift. Small gift with blessing preferred to large gift with parent's curse Hero refuses reward. Rides away without it

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