μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Skillful smith. (Cf. F271.3.)

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Persons with extraordinary powers. · Remarkable skill. · view the constellation · filed as F663

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth *Cross
  • Icelandic Boberg.
  • general *Fb "smed" III 402ab
  • general Krappe Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen CLX (1931) 166ff., CLXI (1932) 1--9
Within the index

Filed under Remarkable skill.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Skillful smith calls self master of all masters Skillful smith shoes running horse Clever smith makes needle that pierces anvil
Filed beside it
Brothers acquire extraordinary skill. Return home and are tested Unskilled man made skillful by saint's blessing Skillful marksman Skillful tailor 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
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Fairies skillful as smiths Lie: remarkable smith. (Cf. F663.)

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