Youth crushes coins to powder with fingers — Mythoi

Motif

Youth crushes coins to powder with fingers.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Persons with extraordinary powers. · Remarkably strong man. · view the constellation · filed as F614.12

Filed across the traditions

India Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Strong man's labors.

Filed beside it

Strong man drives anvil into ground Strong man uproots tree and uses it as weapon Strong man as gardener: destroys plants Strong man as rower; breaks boat Strong man as fisherman: destroys fish and nets Strong man throws trees on roof and breaks it Strong man uses stable-roof as flail Strong man fells tree with one blow of axe Strong man clears plain Strong hero fights whole army alone Strong man jumps across rivers. (Cf. F611.3.2.4.)

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