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Vow not to eat before hearing of adventure.

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

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth *Cross
  • India Thompson-Balys.
  • general Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight § 5
Within the index

Filed under Other vows and oaths.

9 finer motifs beneath it
Vow not to eat before learning secret Vow not to marry until quest is concluded Vow not to take food or drink until manner of father's death is learned 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
Filed beside it
Vow not to go to bed with wife till enemy is killed Vow to perform act of prowess Vow to watch at frightful place all night Vow to ride the forest all night and slay all comers Vow never to refuse food to any man Vow never to flee in fear of death Vow not to be killed by a single opponent Vow never to make a nocturnal assault Bard vows that none of his profession will make a request of any man Vow to ask nobody for peace, grace. (Cf. M161.4.) Other vows about fighting Vow to serve only the most generous of all kings Vow not to devastate country or take revenge after release Vow never to accept a man who does not know any sport Vow not to touch certain thing Pledge to say but a single phrase. In carrying out this agreement the men innocently confess a crime

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