The constellation
B21 Centaur: man-horse. Trunk and head of man, body of horse
A constellation is one motif’s neighborhood in the record — the story-shapes filed around it, the tale types that carry it, and the texts where it is witnessed, every line a receipted link. Click a motif to travel. Click a text to read it. The entry · wander
● motif
● tale type
● on the shelf
● attested
The same sky, in words
filed under
beneath it
keeps company
- Magic goblet (glass) · D1171.6.2 entry
- Transportation by magic goblet. (Cf. D1171.6.2.) · D1520.23 entry
- Immortality exchanged. Wounded Centaur immortal but cannot be cured. He gives away his immortality to Prometheus and is thus allowed to die · D1853 entry
- Transformation to animal to seduce woman · D658.1 entry
- Person with three bodies. Body of three men grown together in one at waist but parted in three from flanks and thighs · F524.1 entry
- Task: cleaning Augean stable. Stable has not been cleaned in years. Must be done in one night. River turned through it · H1102 entry
- Task: stealing golden apples · H1151.1 entry
- Task: stealing belt from queen · H1151.5 entry
- Task: killing ferocious beast · H1161 entry
- Tasks imposed. A person's prowess is tested by assigning him certain tasks (usually impossible or extremely difficult) to be performed either to escape punishment or to receive a valuable reward · H900 entry
cross-ref
Thompson cites
- The Library (Bibliotheca) · BOOK II, ch. V