The constellation
H951 Countertasks. When a task is assigned, the hero agrees to perform it as soon as the assigner performs a certain other task. (Cf. H691.2.1, H1021.1.1, H1021.3, H1021.6.1, H1021.6.2, H1022.2.1, H1022.3, H1022.9, H1023.1.1, H1023.1.2, H1023.2.2.1, H1023.9.1, H1023.10.1, H1142.3, H1146.)
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- Task evaded by subterfuge · H950 entry
cross-ref
- Task: making a rope of sand; countertask: first showing the pattern. (Cf. H951.) · H1021.1.1 entry
- Task: making ship of stone · H1021.3 entry
- Task: weaving a silk shirt from hair; countertask: making a loom from shavings. (Cf. H951.) · H1021.6.1 entry
- Task: clothing an army from one hank of flax; countertask: making horseshoes for cavalry from one needle. (Cf. H951.) · H1022.2.1 entry
- Task: making sails for ship from one bundle of linen; countertask: making spindle and loom from one stick of wood. (Cf. H951.) · H1022.3 entry
- Task: bringing quantity of mosquito bones within month; countertask: furnishing scales with wind as beams and heat as pans. (Cf. H951.) · H1022.9 entry
- Task: hatching boiled eggs; countertask: sowing cooked seeds and harvesting the crop. (Cf. H951, H952.) · H1023.1.1 entry
- Task: hatching eggs immediately; countertask: sowing seeds and bringing in crop next morning. (Cf. H951, H952.) · H1023.1.2 entry
- Task: skinning a stone; countertask: first let the stone bleed · H1023.10.1 entry
- Task: bringing well to king; countertask: sending his own well to accompany it. (Cf. H951.) · H1023.25.1 entry
- Task: mending a broken jug; countertask: turning it wrong side out as one does a shoe. (Cf. H951.) · H1023.9.1 entry
- Task: drinking the sea dry: countertask: stop all the rivers. (Cf. H951.) · H1142.3 entry
- Task: carrying mountain on head · H1146 entry
- How heavy is the earth? Take away all the stones and I will weigh it · H691.2.1 entry
carried in tale type
- The Clever Farmgirl [J1111 · ATU 875
- The Clever Girl and the King · ATU 875B