Man can hear grass (wool) grow

Motif

Man can hear grass (wool) grow.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Persons with extraordinary powers. · Extraordinary powers of perception. · view the constellation · filed as F641.1

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Scholars’ trail — 7references

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IcelandicBoberg
IrishHyde Beside the Fire (London 1890) 23
BretonSébillot Incidents s. v. "avoine".
general *Type 513
general Hdwb. d. Märchens I 432a n. 55
general *BP II 95ff.
general *Fb "høre" I 755b, IV 238b

Within the index

Filed under Person of remarkable hearing. (Cf. X936.)

Filed beside it

Man can hear ant leave nest fifty miles away Man can hear one sleeping by putting ear to ground

Carried in tale types

Six Go through the Whole World · ATU 513A4 recorded variants

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