μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Remarkable skill.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Persons with extraordinary powers. · Remarkable skill. · view the constellation · filed as F660

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Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth *Cross.
  • general *Types 653, 653*
  • general BP III 45ff.
Within the index
18 finer motifs beneath it
Brothers acquire extraordinary skill. Return home and are tested Unskilled man made skillful by saint's blessing Skillful marksman Skillful tailor Skillful smith. (Cf. F271.3.) Skillful flayer Skillful barber Skillful axe-man. Cuts down trees with single stroke, and the like Skillful fencer (swordsman) Skillful surgeon Skillful shipbuilder Man can keep together feathers in great wind Skillful painter. Can paint from description of a dream Ingenious carpenter Skillful thief. (Cf. K301.) Skillful tracker Skillful milker Remarkable skill – miscellaneous
Carried in tale types

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