μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Remarkably strong man. (Strong John). (Cf. X940, X959.1.)

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Persons with extraordinary powers. · Remarkably strong man. · view the constellation · filed as F610

Filed across the traditions
  • Icelandic MacCulloch Eddic 86, 153 (Heimdall), *Boberg
  • French Cosquin Lorraine Nos. 14, 46, 52, 69 and notes
  • Italian Basile Pentamerone III No. 8
  • Greek Fox 75 (Herakles), Frazer Apollodorus I 259 n. 3 → on our shelf: The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK II, ch. VII
  • Jewish Frazer Old Testament II 480ff. (Samson), *Neuman
  • Armenian Ananikian 86
  • Hindu Keith 172
  • India Thompson-Balys
  • Indonesian *De Vries Nederlandsch Tijdschrift v. Volkskunde XXX 97ff.
  • Chinese Graham
  • Buriat Holmberg Siberian 428
  • N. Am. Indian *Thompson CColl II 334ff. incident A 2
  • West Indies Flowers 435.
  • general *Panzer Beowulf
  • general *Types 301, 650*, 650**, 650, 1003--1013
  • general *BP II 285ff., 300ff.
  • general *Fb "styrke", "stærk", "Svend Felding". – Irish myth: *Cross
Within the index
35 finer motifs beneath it
Remarkably strong woman Wild man of superhuman strength Dwarf-hero of superhuman strength Warrior of special strength (Berserk). (Cf. F1041.8.6.) Man with strength of many men Man with strength of animals Man so strong that he breaks most of what he gets in touch with. (Cf. F614.3-F614.6.) Strong man is so heavy that no horse can carry him all day. (Cf. F681.8.) Strong man so heavy that only his own horse can carry him Strong man accomplishes superhuman tasks when God's spirit is over him Strong man's birth and rearing Strong hero sent from home Strong man makes labor contract Strong man's labors Strong man evades death. Vain attempts to kill him Mighty pugilist Mighty wrestler Strong man tames animals Strong man: tree-puller. Can uproot and carry off trees. (Cf. F611.3.1, F614.2.) Mighty blower. Man turns mill with his blowing. (Cf. X935.) Strong man holds up mountain Mighty lifter Strong man: breaker of iron. (Cf. X946.) Strong man pulls down mountains +11 more
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Remarkably strong hands. (Cf. F610.) Witch has extraordinary bodily strength. (Cf. D1830, F610.) Saint in anger shows strength: wall broken by his kick. (Cf. F610.) Lie: remarkably strong man Lie: hero breaking wen causes wall to fall down. (Cf. D1562.3, F610.)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Transformation (general) Transformation combat. Fight between contestants who strive to outdo each other in successive transformations Seed mixed with blood as love charm. (Cf. D971.) Ascent to sky on cloud Two persons with bodies joined. Siamese twins Poison of hydra corrodes the skin Cycnus. Cuts off heads of strangers in order to build temple of heads Illegitimate child exposed. (Cf. S12.2.1, T640.)

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