Strong man carries huge beam — Mythoi

Motif

Strong man carries huge beam.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Persons with extraordinary powers. · Remarkably strong man. · view the constellation · filed as F631.6

Within the index

Filed under Strong man carries giant load. (Cf. F531.3.10, F624.)

2 finer motifs beneath it

Strong men knock on door with beam of twenty elbow-lengths Man carries a beam eighteen feet in length and cuts path through jungle at same time

Filed beside it

Strong man drags mill Strong man carries off city gates Strong man swims carrying fifty (many) companions Strong man carries ox on the back Strong man carries heavy oxhide on the hand

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