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QUADRUPED    

B 261.1 Bat in war of birds and quadrupeds

QUALITY    

J 280 Quality preferred to quantity
Q 60 Other good qualities rewarded

QUANTITY    

J 280 Quality preferred to quantity
Q 111.8 Large quantity of land as reward

QUARREL    

A 187.2 Mortal as umpire of quarrel between gods
K 2130 Trouble-makers
P 527 (Li) Problems of inheritance (legacy)
T 256 The quarrelsome wife
W 188 Contentiousness.

QUEEN    

F 252.2 Fairy queen
F 301 Fairy lover [husband].
F 531.6.8.5.1 Giants have king, queen
F 565.1 Amazons. Women warriors
F 575.1 Remarkably beautiful woman
H 218.0.1 Vindication by champion. Usually noble lady or king accused
H 1381.3.1.1 Quest for bride for king (prince)
H 1381.3.6 Quest for persecuted woman
H 1385.3 Quest for vanished wife (mistress)
K 778 Capture through the wiles of a woman
K 1215 Aristotle and Phyllis: philosopher as riding horse for woman. The philosopher warns the king against uxoriousness, In revenge the queen beguiles the philosopher into letting her ride him on all fours. The king comes and sees
K 1344 Tunnel entrance to guarded maiden’s chamber
K 1534 Queen deceives king by unfriendly conversation with lover.
K 1534.1 Queen deceives king by telling him her lover is her enemy.
K 2112.2 Leper (beggar) [dwarf] laid in queen’s bed. She is thus incriminated
M 155.2 Vow to find vanished sister [queen]
N 837 Queen as helper
P 16.3.0.1 King [queen] commits suicide
P 17 Succession to the throne
P 17.11 Slayer of king [sovereign] marries widow [daughter] and inherits kingdom [domain]
P 20 Queens
P 20.1 Clever queen
P 21 Queen intervenes for condemned courtiers
P 21.1 Queen as intercessor with king
P 25 Queen meddles in state affairs
P 26 Captured queen commits [attempts] suicide
P 27 Grief at queen’s death
P 28 Marriage of queen
P 29 Queens – miscellaneous
P 29.4 Queen becomes nun
P 52.2 (Li) Knight in service of a lady
P 60 Noble (gentle) ladies
P 555.4 (Bm) Defeated knights [giant, rescued persons etc.] sent under oath to king [lady, queen] (as proof of victory)
Q 53.3 Maiden queen offers her hand as reward for rescuing her town
R 10.1 Princess (maiden) abducted
R 10.5 (Bm) Queen abducted
R 75.2 Warriors surrender after chief’s [queen’s] death
R 111.1 Princess (maiden) rescued from captor
R 111.1.9 Princess rescued from undesired suitor
R 111.2 Princess rescued from place of captivity
S 139.2.2.12 (Bm) Humiliation of corpse, warrior queen’s corpse cast into lake [river]
S 262.4 Girl offers to sacrifice herself to dragon [heathen] in place of her parents [queen]
S 442 Outcast wife [queen] and her son live in poverty
T 68.3 Princess (queen) as prize to man who saves his country
T 85.4 Lover’s body [lover’s bones] kept (embalmed) for years by grieving mistress
T 91.6.4.4 (Bm) Heroine will not marry knight of lower rank
T 91.6.5 (Bm) Lowly squire [count] loves king’s daughter
T 104 Foreign king wages war to enforce demand for princess in marriage
T 210.1 Faithful wife
T 322.2 Princess [queen] threatens to kill amorous king [governor]
T 481.6.1 (Bm) Queen begets son with magician while king is away
W 11.2 Munificent monarch

QUENCHING    

D 1566.2 Magic object quenches fire
D 1566.2.6 Salamander’s blood quenches fire.
F 959.7 (Bm) Men bite cold steel to assuage thirst in drought [desert]

QUEST    

C 761.1 Tabu: remaining on journey too long.
C 833 Tabus for journeys
H 336 Suitors assigned quests
H 355 Suitor test: finding an extraordinary object
H 1210.1 Quest assigned by father
H 1210.2 Quest assigned by king
H 1211 Quests assigned in order to get rid of hero
H 1212 Quest assigned because of feigned illness
H 1212.1 Quest assigned because of feigned dream
H 1213.1 Quest for princess caused by sight of one of her hairs dropped by a bird (or floating on a river).
H 1217 Quest assigned because of dream
H 1217.1 Quest for explanation of dream
H 1219 Assignment of quests – miscellaneous
H 1219.3 Quest assigned as punishment by father of abducted girl
H 1219.5 Quest assigned [to] prisoner.
H 1220 Quests voluntarily undertaken
H 1221 Quest for adventure
H 1222 Prince a-hunting enters on quest
H 1223 Quest to undertake feats of valor
H 1223.1 Quest to recover one’s honor through feats.
H 1224 Quest to distant king for military aid
H 1225 Quest for strong adversary
H 1228 Quest undertaken by hero for vengeance.
H 1229.1 Quest undertaken by hero to fulfill promises.
H 1230 Accomplishment of quests.
H 1232.1 Directions on quest given by herdsmen (peasants) [knight, warrior]
H 1232.2 Directions on quest given by queen (lady)
H 1232.6 (G) Directions on quest given by knight
H 1232.7 (G) Directions on quest given by dwarf
H 1232.8 (G) Directions on quest given by hunter
H 1233 Helpers on quest
H 1233.2 Relation as helper on quest.
H 1233.3 Holy man [hermit] as helper on quest
H 1233.3.1 Ascetic (hermit) gives directions to hero on quest
H 1233.4 Supernatural creature as helper on quest.
H 1233.4.1 Fairies as helpers on quest
H 1233.6 Animals help hero on quest
H 1235 Succession of helpers on quest
H 1236 Perilous path traversed on quest.
H 1236.2 Quest over path guarded by dangerous animals.
H 1239.3 Quest accomplished by means of objects given by helpers.
H 1241 Series of quests. One quest can be accomplished when a second is finished, etc.
H 1245.1 (Bm) Quest to be accomplished within one year
H 1257 Quest for the location of paradise
H 1260 Quest to the upper world [paradise]
H 1271 Quest for Cerberus in hell: to be brought to earth
H 1281 Quest to Fortune to seek fortune
H 1300 Quests for the unique
H 1301 Quest for the most beautiful of women
H 1308 Quest for the finest of horses
H 1316 Quest for the strongest [best] knight
H 1319 Quest for the unique – miscellaneous
H 1319.1 Quest for only person who can cure certain sickness
H 1320.1 Quest for magic object: [grail].
H 1321 Quest for marvelous water [fountain]
H 1322 Quest for marvelous pillar
H 1331 Quest for remarkable animal
H 1331.4 Quest for marvelous horse
H 1332 Quest for marvelous parts or possessions of animals.
H 1332.1 Quest for golden fleece
H 1333.3 Quest for extraordinary fruit
H 1335 Quest for lost knight
H 1345 Quest for magic spear
H 1371.1 Quest for world’s end
H 1371.2 Quest for the bottom of the sea
H 1371.5 (Hi) Quest for the sky
H 1381 Quest for unknown person
H 1381.1 (Bm) Quest for champion
H 1381.2 Quest for unknown father
H 1381.3.1 Quest for bride
H 1381.3.1.1 Quest for bride for king (prince)
H 1381.3.1.2 Quest for bride for oneself
H 1381.3.1.2.2 Quest for girl hero has seen in dream
H 1381.3.6 Quest for persecuted woman
H 1381.8 (Bm) Quest for champion [helper]
H 1382 Quest for unknown objects or places
H 1382.3 Quest for unknown wonder.
H 1385 Quest for lost person.
H 1385.0.1 Unspelling quest: journey to disenchant (free) captives.
H 1385.1 Quest for stolen princess.
H 1385.2 Quest for vanished daughter
H 1385.3 Quest for vanished wife (mistress)
H 1385.3.1 Quest for vanished wife and son
H 1385.4 Quest for vanished husband
H 1385.8 Quest for lost brother(s)
H 1385.13 (Bm) Quest for lost friend
H 1385.15 (Bm) Quest for lost mother
H 1385.16 (Bm) Quest for abducted [lost] foster son.
H 1387 (G) Quest for lost animal (horse, dog)
H 1388 Quest: answer to question
M 151.2 Vow not to marry until quest is concluded
M 151.2.3 (G) Vow not to sleep two nights in the same place until quest’s end
M 151.9 Vow not to see friends until quest is completed
M 171.7.1 (Bm) Vow not to be happy until (con)quest is achieved
M 183.3 Vow to find Holy Grail before returning to Round Table.
M 195 (Bm) Vow to see particular marvel.
M 358 Prophecies connected with journeys
M 361.1 Prophecy: certain hero to achieve holy grail.
N 770 Experiences leading to adventures
N 770.0.1 Feast as occasion for the beginning of adventures or the arrival of questers
N 771 King (prince) (lost) on hunt has adventures
T 11.1.1 Beauty of woman reported to king causes quest for her as his bride
T 219 (Bm) Wife will no longer love husband if he is gone more than one year.
Z 72.0.1 (Bm) Year time limit on quest

QUESTION    

C 410 Tabu: asking questions
C 650 The one compulsory thing.
C 651 The one compulsory question.
C 980 Miscellaneous punishments for breaking tabu [for failing unique compulsion].
D 789.6.1 Disenchantment by speaking proper words.
H 1388 Quest: answer to question
P 324.2 Guests fed before being questioned
Q 85 Reward for asking proper questions.

QUIBBLING    

J 1252 Quibbling answers.