Strong man uses stable-roof as flail

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Strong man uses stable-roof as flail.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Persons with extraordinary powers. · Remarkably strong man. · view the constellation · filed as F614.7

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.

French CanadianBarbeau JAFL XXIX 21.
general Type 1031

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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 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

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