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Skillful fencer (swordsman).

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Persons with extraordinary powers. · Remarkable skill. · view the constellation · filed as F667

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Filed under Remarkable skill.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Skillful fencer keeps sword dry in rain. Swings it so fast Man able to strike every arrow with his sword and reduce it to splinters Expert swordsman cuts clothes bag in two. (Cf. F611.3.3.1)
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 smith. (Cf. F271.3.) Skillful flayer Skillful barber Skillful axe-man. Cuts down trees with single stroke, and the like 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

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