Mighty blower. Man turns mill with his blowing. (Cf. X935.)

Motif

Mighty blower. Man turns mill with his blowing. (Cf. X935.)

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Persons with extraordinary powers. · Remarkably strong man. · view the constellation · filed as F622

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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.

BretonSébillot Incidents s. v. "souffle", "moulin".
general *Type 513
general Hdwb. d. Märchens I 432a n. 55. – Italian: Basile Pentamerone III No. 8, Rotunda

Within the index

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

2 finer motifs beneath it

Mighty blower slows down princess with his breath Mighty blower blows firebrand so that sparks fly far, blows seawaves back and forth

Filed beside 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

Travels with

Lie: remarkable blower. (Cf. F622.)

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