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Topic Brainstorm: Suitor Tests

Just a list of stories that are examples of some type of suitor test.
(Bride and Groom from pxhere)
The Six Servants
The Princess and the Pea
The White Snake
King Thrushbeard
The Princess on the Glass Hill
The Green Serpent
Donkey Skin
The Travelling Companion
The Golden Goose
The Peasant's Clever Daughter
The Blue Rose
The Invisible Ones

There are several main types of these suitor test fairytales and it might be interesting to focus on one of each for my project. The main and most straight forward type is where a king sets a challenge that must be met by the heroes to marry the bride (or vice versa). When the heroines have to complete the challenge it's often not to prove bravery or such its instead focused on virtues or domestic abilities. There is another type of story where the challenge is, in essence, impossible and therefore acts as a way to prevent the marriage because the father does not approve. There is the virtue challenge where the face of the challenge is not obvious and is only possible to win by possessing some trait such as being kind or something of the sort. There is also the challenge that is set by the main man or woman themselves as a way for them to choose their own suitor.

After reading through these stories I like the idea of taking some of them and changing them into a combination of the last two types. The person in question devises a test that enables them to choose a suitor who demonstrates the characteristics they find desirable. Below are the four stories I like the best to adapt.

The Blue Rose: This story does not even need to be adapted as it is basically what I want all my stories to be. It is from a Chinese folktale.

The Princess on the Glass Hill This story could be easily adapted by having the princess purposely sabotaging some of the suitors she did not like as much to get a husband who is clever and kind.

The Peasant's Clever Daughter This story could be adapted to focus on the king searching for a bride who is clever and true.

The Invisible Ones This Native American tale has a suitor tale that requires honesty to win the hand of an invisible being.

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