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H425.2. Horns grow on cuckold. Cf. SigJors ch. 42 in FMS VII 156 = Jofraskinna
in Hkr III 510.
H430. Chastity index.
H435. Weapon as chastity index. Cf. T351.
H460. Wife tests. Cf. H1054; H1187; K1844.4.
H467. O ther tests of wife’s love and faithfulness. Saxo lib. V c. III 27.
H467.2. Wife's faithfulness tested by proposal in another's name. ÅsmVik 38 ch. 19.
Cf. A. Olrik in ZVk II254 ff. ad Aarne 425 = Saxo lib. VII c. IV = Herrm 485-88.
H480. Father tests.
H486. Test of paternity.
H486.2. Test of paternity: shooting at father's corpse. Gering I 259-60.
H500-899. TESTS OF CLEVERNESS
H500. Test of clevemess or ability. Reuschel 63; Schlauch 107.
H503. Test of musical ability. Cf. H332.1.3.
H504. Test of skiil in handiwork. Cf. F663; H383.
H505. Test of clevemess: uttering three wise words. Youths called on to do so display
by their answers extraordinary powers of deduction.
H505.1. Test of clevemess: uttering three truths. Cf. K604. IllGr 654 ch. 4: Gering
I 244-45, II 179-85; Saxo lib. VIII c. XV 5-6 = Herrm 601.
H507. Wit combat. Test in repartee. Alv; Hårb; Gylf ch. 3 ff.; MagnusS ch. 21 in
Hkr III 291 ff.; OOdd 159-67 (ch. XL 10-20 st. 31-55, FAS II 271-80); Saxo
lib. I c. IV 3-10, lib. V c. III 2-5,10,16-18 = Herrm 388 ff.; Heinzel 192; Reu-
schel 64.
H507.5. Contest in scolding as introduction to battie. HHu I 33 ff., II 19 ff.; ÅsmVik
95 ch. 7 (FAS II 480, 482); Sigb ch. 5.
H508. Test: finding answer to certain question. Gering I 97 ff.
H510. Tests in guessing.
H512. Guessing with life as wager. Cf. H542.
H516. Test: guessing trolis' names in order to save one’s life. Cf. H942. VilhSj 22,
57, 63, 66-68 ch. 10, 24, 26, 27.
H517. Curse evaded by guessing names in magic writing. Bosa 19 ch. 5 (FAS III 206).
H530-899. RIDDLES
H540. Propounding of riddies.
H540.1. Supernatural creatures propound riddies. Cf. Vaffrr, Alv, Gylf ch. 3.
H541. Riddle propounded with penalty for failure.
H541.1. Riddle propounded on pain of death. Cf. Schlauch 84.
H542. Death sentence escaped by propounding riddle king (judge ) cannot solve. Herv
54-83, 129-40 (FAS I 463-88). Cf. Gering I 244-45, II 179-84: by uttering three
truths, cf. H505.1.
H548. Riddle contests. VafJjr = MC 62.
H561. Solvers of riddies.