μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Vow to perform act of prowess.

Ordaining the future. · Vows and oaths. · Other vows and oaths. · view the constellation · filed as M155

Filed across the traditions
  • Icelandic *Boberg.
Within the index

Filed under Other vows and oaths.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Vow to kill wild boar alone at night Vow to find vanished sister Vow never to flee from fire or weapon
Filed beside it
Vow not to eat before hearing of adventure Vow not to go to bed with wife till enemy is killed 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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