The constellation
H1535 Precipice test. Hero is pushed over a precipice
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- Pit test. Hero thrown into pit · H1535.1 entry
keeps company
- Drowning test. Unavailing attempt to drown hero · H1538 entry
- Diving match won by deception · K16 entry
- Substituted arrows. Hero given arrows with soft points and sent after dangerous enemies. The deception discovered and the enemy discomfited · K1617 entry
- Snapping door. Traps victims · K736 entry
- Captured animals avenge themselves · Q385 entry
- Precocious infant · T585 entry
- Supernatural growth. (Cf. T585.) · T615 entry
- Sun father-in-law · A226 entry
- Animal bribed with food. (Sop to Cerberus.) · B325.1 entry
- Animal as guard of person or house · B576.1 entry
attested in
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 39