The constellation
Z311 Achilles heel. Invulnerability except in one spot
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The same sky, in words
filed under
- Unique vulnerability · Z310 entry
beneath it
- Left eye only vulnerable spot · Z311.1 entry
- Spot below right ear only vulnerable one · Z311.2 entry
- Leprosy cured by holy water except on thumb · Z311.3 entry
- Man can be injured only in armpits · Z311.4 entry
keeps company
- Bear paramour. (Cf. B601.1., B631, B635.) · B611.1 entry
- Magic meat · D1032 entry
- Magic sword · D1081 entry
- Transformation: man to wild beast (mammal) · D110 entry
- Transformation: man to tiger · D112.2 entry
- Magic strength-giving food. (Cf. D1030.) · D1335.1 entry
- Transformation: man to cuttlefish · D174 entry
- Immortality by burning · D1851.1 entry
- Transformation: man to serpent (snake). (Cf. B642.1.) · D191 entry
- Repeated transformation. Transformation into one form after another · D610 entry
Thompson cites
- The Library (Bibliotheca) · BOOK III, ch. XIII
attested in
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 64