Skillful marksman shoots serpent through left eye — Mythoi

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Skillful marksman shoots serpent through left eye.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Persons with extraordinary powers. · Remarkable skill. · view the constellation · filed as F661.5.1

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Chinese Werner 182. → on our shelf: Myths & Legends of China, Chapter V

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Filed under Skillful marksman shoots animal (man) through eye.

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Skillful marksman shoots bird through eye Skillful marksman shoots left eye of fly at two miles Skillful marksman shoots both eyes of an ogre Marvelous marksman can shoot eye off needle at quarter-mile distance

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