Vow not to take food or drink until manner of father's death is learned — Mythoi

Motif

Vow not to take food or drink until manner of father's death is learned.

Ordaining the future. · Vows and oaths. · Other vows and oaths. · view the constellation · filed as M151.3

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Indic The Mahābhārata , Book 13, Section CXXXV

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth Cross.

Within the index

Filed under Vow not to eat before hearing of adventure.

Filed beside it

Vow not to eat before learning secret Vow not to marry until quest is concluded Vow not to take food or drink until enemy is killed Vow not to eat or sleep until certain event is brought to pass Vow not to eat or drink before knowing if king is alive Heroine will not laugh till arrival of destined hero. (Cf. H341.) Vow not to eat until lost son is found Vow not to see friends until quest is completed

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