μῦθοι Mythoi
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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

  • general *Type 653.
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Filed under Skillful marksman.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Archer shoots eggs through middleArcher shoots and marks egg in nest without breaking it or disturbing other eggsSkillful marksman can hit egg from great distance
Filed beside it
Skillful marksman shoots meat from giant's handsSkillful marksman shoots pipe from man's mouthSkillful marksman shoots apple from man's head. TellSkillful marksman shoots animal (man) through eyeSkillful bowman shoots crater of Vesuvius openSkillful marksman throws needles. One enters eye of the other so as to form a straight lineSkillful marksman casts lance through ringSkillful marksman grazes ear of sleeping person and awakens himMan shoots pearls from wife's nose-ringSkillful archer uses arrow as boomerangHero shoots arrow and cuts thread
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