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- Devil in fold of knight's cloak. (Cf. G303.6.2.12.) Knight permits him to lodge there and accompany him to a tournament on condition that he leave him without harm upon request. G303.8.9.1
- Suitor contest: tournament. H331.2
- Suitor test: tournament with bride. H332.1.4
- Tests of valor: tournament. H1561.1
- Swift when only a calf. A numskull who rides an ox to a tournament is ridiculed. He says, "He is swifter than a horse. You should have seen him run when he was only a calf." J2212.5
- Young knight substitutes for old man in tournament. K3.2
- Supernatural substitute in tournament for pious warrior. K3.2.1
- Tournament won by deception on borrowed horse. K28
- Virgin substitutes in tournament. A knight hears masses so long that he absents himself from a tournament. The Virgin takes his place. K1841.2
- Tournaments. P561
- King is persuaded to rescind ban on tournaments. P561.1
- Tournament: to avenge death of king. P561.2
- Unknown knight. (Three days' tournament.) For three days in succession an unknown knight in different armor wins a tournament and escapes without recognition. Finally identified by tokens. R222
- Wife puts out one of her eyes to show sympathy with her husband. He has lost an eye in a tournament and is ashamed to return to her. She shows that it makes no difference in her love. T215.4
- Woman enamored of an unknown knight in a tournament loses interest when she finds that it is her husband. (Cf. R222.) T236
- Hearing masses causes triumph in tournament. Angel takes absent knight's place. He is delayed by going to mass. V41.2