Bold Beggar Rewarded And Warned
1
Hospitality And Testing Of The Stranger Guest
1
Host Plots Death Of A Guest Suitor
1
Insatiable Or Destructive Visitors And Attendants
1
Refusal Of Food And Shelter Followed By Peril
1
Unbidden Guest At A Feast
1
Hospitality Test Involving A Suppliant Stranger
1
Host Tested By Vulnerable Stranger
1
Jealous Or Offended Lord Pursues Visitor
1
Lost Children Mourned After Being Left With A Dangerous Stranger
1
Comparative mythology corpus
Hospitality Test and Stranger Guest
15 tagged occurrences across 7 traditions.
The guest or suppliant functions as a sacred test of the host, making hospitality itself the ordeal.
15total occurrences
15child motifs
7traditions present
750 BCE to 1849 CEknown era range
These counts are generated from tagged extraction evidence. Similarity means structural or thematic recurrence unless a source record explicitly supports historical contact.
Child Motifs
| Child Motif | Relationship | Occurrences | Traditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bold Beggar Rewarded And Warned | role_variant | 1 | 1 |
| Hospitality And Testing Of The Stranger Guest | narrower_than | 1 | 1 |
| Host Plots Death Of A Guest Suitor | functional_variant | 1 | 1 |
| Insatiable Or Destructive Visitors And Attendants | functional_variant | 1 | 1 |
| Refusal Of Food And Shelter Followed By Peril | functional_variant | 1 | 1 |
| Unbidden Guest At A Feast | functional_variant | 1 | 1 |
| Hospitality Test Involving A Suppliant Stranger | narrower_than | 1 | 1 |
| Host Tested By Vulnerable Stranger | narrower_than | 1 | 1 |
| Jealous Or Offended Lord Pursues Visitor | uncertain | 1 | 1 |
| Lost Children Mourned After Being Left With A Dangerous Stranger | heuristic_family_name_match | 1 | 1 |
| Retaliatory Hospitality | functional_variant | 1 | 1 |
| Royal Hospitality And Healing Shelter | functional_variant | 1 | 1 |
| Treacherous Host Murders Protected Guest For Treasure | functional_variant | 1 | 1 |
| Uninvited Guest At Hostile Feast | functional_variant | 1 | 1 |
| Vengeful Hostess Conjures Armed Pursuers | functional_variant | 1 | 1 |
Tradition Frequency
Relative bars compare traditions inside this family.How Each Tradition Tells It
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Greek
How This Tradition Tells It
5 occurrences
How This Tradition Tells It
In Greek, this family appears through Unbidden Guest At A Feast (1), Hospitality Test Involving A Suppliant Stranger (1), Host Tested By Vulnerable Stranger (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Odyssey and Aesop's Fables; a new translation. This is a deterministic summary of 5 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.
| Text | Line Range | Confidence | Child Motif | Extraction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aesop's Fables; a new translation | THE MISTRESS AND HER SERVANTS / THE GOODS AND THE ILLS / THE HARES AND THE FROGS / THE FOX AND THE STORK; lines 1342-1353 | high | Retaliatory Hospitality | record |
| Symposium | Symposium / SYMPOSIUM / INTRODUCTION. / SYMPOSIUM; lines 999-1123 | high | Unbidden Guest At A Feast | record |
| The Iliad | THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR. / CONCLUDING NOTE. / A. POPE / END OF THE ILIAD; lines 25331-25485 | high | Treacherous Host Murders Protected Guest For Treasure | record |
| The Odyssey | BOOK XVI / ULYSSES REVEALS HIMSELF TO TELEMACHUS. / BOOK XVII / BOOK XVIII; lines 8074-8175 | medium | Hospitality Test Involving A Suppliant Stranger | record |
| The Odyssey | ULYSSES LEAVES SCHERIA AND RETURNS TO ITHACA. / BOOK XIV / ULYSSES IN THE HUT WITH EUMAEUS. / BOOK XV; lines 6733-6832 | high | Host Tested By Vulnerable Stranger | record |
Celtic Welsh
How This Tradition Tells It
3 occurrences
How This Tradition Tells It
In Celtic Welsh, this family appears through Insatiable Or Destructive Visitors And Attendants (1), Jealous Or Offended Lord Pursues Visitor (1), Royal Hospitality And Healing Shelter (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Mabinogion. This is a deterministic summary of 3 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.
| Text | Line Range | Confidence | Child Motif | Extraction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Mabinogion | C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN; lines 3678-3757 | high | Royal Hospitality And Healing Shelter | record |
| The Mabinogion | C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN; lines 4228-4311 | medium | Insatiable Or Destructive Visitors And Attendants | record |
| The Mabinogion | INTRODUCTION / C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC; lines 1315-1346 | high | Jealous Or Offended Lord Pursues Visitor | record |
Finnish/Karelian
How This Tradition Tells It
2 occurrences
How This Tradition Tells It
In Finnish/Karelian, this family appears through Uninvited Guest At Hostile Feast (1), Vengeful Hostess Conjures Armed Pursuers (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland. This is a deterministic summary of 2 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.
| Text | Line Range | Confidence | Child Motif | Extraction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 15455-15625 | high | Uninvited Guest At Hostile Feast | record |
| Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 15818-16007 | high | Vengeful Hostess Conjures Armed Pursuers | record |
Indigenous Australian
How This Tradition Tells It
2 occurrences
How This Tradition Tells It
In Indigenous Australian, this family appears through Refusal Of Food And Shelter Followed By Peril (1), Lost Children Mourned After Being Left With A Dangerous Stranger (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies. This is a deterministic summary of 2 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.
| Text | Line Range | Confidence | Child Motif | Extraction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies | CONTENTS / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION / ANDREW LANG.; lines 1236-1339 | medium | Refusal Of Food And Shelter Followed By Peril | record |
| Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies | CONTENTS / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION / ANDREW LANG.; lines 750-866 | medium | Lost Children Mourned After Being Left With A Dangerous Stranger | record |
Buddhist
How This Tradition Tells It
1 occurrences
How This Tradition Tells It
In Buddhist, this family appears through Bold Beggar Rewarded And Warned (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India. This is a deterministic summary of 1 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.
| Text | Line Range | Confidence | Child Motif | Extraction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India | THE GREAT YELLOW KING AND HIS PORTER / THE QUAIL AND THE FALCON / PRIDE MUST HAVE A FALL / THE BOLD BEGGAR; lines 2108-2152 | medium | Bold Beggar Rewarded And Warned | record |
Celtic Irish
How This Tradition Tells It
1 occurrences
How This Tradition Tells It
In Celtic Irish, this family appears through Host Plots Death Of A Guest Suitor (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Heroic Romances of Ireland. This is a deterministic summary of 1 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.
| Text | Line Range | Confidence | Child Motif | Extraction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heroic Romances of Ireland | MORTALS / IMMORTALS / TAIN BO FRAICH / THE RAID FOR THE CATTLE OF FRAECH; lines 9181-9351 | high | Host Plots Death Of A Guest Suitor | record |
Norse
How This Tradition Tells It
1 occurrences
How This Tradition Tells It
In Norse, this family appears through Hospitality And Testing Of The Stranger Guest (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas. This is a deterministic summary of 1 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.
| Text | Line Range | Confidence | Child Motif | Extraction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA / CHAPTER XXVII: THE STORY OF FRITHIOF; lines 11601-11720 | medium | Hospitality And Testing Of The Stranger Guest | record |
Shared Structure
The convergence is broad rather than concentrated in one child motif: traditions repeatedly tag passages into this family while emphasizing locally different scenes.
Local Emphasis
Buddhist leans toward Bold Beggar Rewarded And Warned; Norse leans toward Hospitality And Testing Of The Stranger Guest; Greek leans toward Unbidden Guest At A Feast; Celtic Irish leans toward Host Plots Death Of A Guest Suitor; Celtic Welsh leans toward Insatiable Or Destructive Visitors And Attendants; Indigenous Australian leans toward Refusal Of Food And Shelter Followed By Peril.
Reading Rule
structuralthematiccontact not inferred
Timeline
Approximate eras from the cultural timeline index.ca. 750-400 BCE
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica
Greek - Archaic Greek poetic and hymnic tradition - 5 tagged occurrences
ca. 750-650 BCE
The Iliad
Greek - Archaic Greek heroic epic tradition - 5 tagged occurrences
ca. 300-100 BCE
Dhammapada, a Collection of Verses
Buddhist - Early Buddhist verse collection - 1 tagged occurrences
ca. 800-1200 CE source traditions; 1905 retelling
Gods and Fighting Men
Celtic Irish - Medieval Irish mythic and heroic material - 1 tagged occurrences
ca. 800-1270 CE
The Poetic Edda
Norse - Old Norse mythological and heroic poetic tradition - 1 tagged occurrences
ca. 1100-1400 CE
The Mabinogion
Celtic Welsh - Medieval Welsh narrative and romance tradition - 3 tagged occurrences
1835-1849 CE compilation
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland
Finnish/Karelian - Finnish/Karelian oral-poetry epic compilation - 2 tagged occurrences