FFC 90
300—749 Magic tale.
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Mt 621 I a c (Who can guess from what animal skin is) + Mt 513 A II g (Ant, beetle and mouse) + Mt 621 I d (With help of ant) *III. le 1. ECPE no 11: Mt 621 I a b*² c, *IV + Mt 705 *A. | ||
650—699 Supernatural power or knowledge.
| 650. | I | *h A couple pray for son, great and strong like Samson. God answers their prayer [T 511]. |
| II | *f He receives wishing ring from lady he meets on road. *g He works as gardener but destroys with his huge hoe [F 612.4]. | |
| IV | *d To win princess' hand he brings 200 birds from forest with help of ring. | |
| V | *d He is given a hot bath. *e King sends knights to kill him, but swinging horse by tail he kills them. | |
| *VI | He carries off the princess and marries her. | |
| *VII | A tarman is placed by seashore or near palace. He attacks it, sticks to it [K 741] and both are carried off by the waves, or he is killed. Cf Mt 175. | |
| Cf Mt 560 (Wishing ring) and Mt 2017. Porto Rico: Mason-Espinosa JAF XXXIV 164 no 22; XXXVII 252 no 1; XXXVIII 529 no 3. as 1. LRAC no 189: II a *f, V b *d, IV *d, *VI, *VII. oc 1. ECPE no 35: I *h, II a *g, V *e, *VII. | ||
| 653. | I | *c Three suitors ask king for princess' hand. He refers them to her. She wants all three. King offers her to one bringing the rarest object. *d First obtains a magic mirror or tube; the second, a carpet or chest; the third, an apple or balsam. |
| II | *c They meet in a distant land. Mirror or tube reveals princess dying. Carpet or chest brings | |
