Strong man uproots tree and uses it as weapon

Motif

Strong man uproots tree and uses it as weapon.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Persons with extraordinary powers. · Remarkably strong man. · view the constellation · filed as F614.2

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Scholars’ trail — 3references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

Icelandic*Boberg.
general *Type 650
general Dickson 179 n. 47

Within the index

Filed under Strong man's labors.

3 finer motifs beneath it

Strong man uses pillar-stone as weapon Strong man uses rafter as weapon Strong man buries axe in tree stump and removes it with his little finger

Filed beside it

Strong man drives anvil into ground 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.)Youth crushes coins to powder with fingers

Travels with

Strong man: tree-puller. Can uproot and carry off trees. (Cf. F611.3.1, F614.2.)

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