The constellation
H960 Tasks performed through cleverness or intelligence
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- Reductio ad absurdum of task. When an impossible task is given, the hero responds with a countertask so absurd as to show the manifest absurdity of the original task. (Cf. H1023.3.1, H1024.1.1.1.) · H952 entry
- 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.) · H951 entry
- Task evaded by subterfuge · H950 entry
- Task assigned from misunderstanding: search for prince named Sabr ("wait") · H946.1 entry
- Tasks performed by cleverness · H961 entry
- Tasks performed by close observation · H962 entry
- Task: sitting on eggs without breaking them; hero perceives trick · H962.1 entry
- Tasks performed by means of secrets overheard from tree · H963 entry