The constellation
H1149 Miscellaneous superhuman tasks
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The same sky, in words
filed under
- Superhuman tasks · H1130 entry
beneath it
- Task: yoking together lion and wild boar · H1149.1 entry
- Task: lifting a certain cat. (Is serpent that embraces the earth.) · H1149.2 entry
- Task: defeating a certain old woman. (She is Old Age.) · H1149.3 entry
- Task: collecting enormous amount of material (number of rare objects, etc.) · H1149.4 entry
- Feat on spear point. Hero performs it as task set by otherworld amazon · H1149.5 entry
- Task: breaking pigeon's egg on parapet of castle. Pigeon in ferocious serpent · H1149.6 entry
- Task: drawing spear thrust through seven iron plates · H1149.7 entry
- Girl to bring cloth as long as river and raise pig as big as mountain. (Countertask: measure river and weigh mountain.) · H1149.8 entry
- Task: lifting mountain. Countertask: placing it on my shoulders · H1149.9 entry
- Task: jumping across river in one bound · H1149.10 entry