μῦθοι Mythoi
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Scholars’ trail — 2references

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 654
  • general *Wesselski Märchen 213 No. 20.
Within the index

Filed under Remarkable skill.

Filed beside it
Brothers acquire extraordinary skill. Return home and are testedUnskilled man made skillful by saint's blessingSkillful marksmanSkillful tailorSkillful smith. (Cf. F271.3.)Skillful flayerSkillful barberSkillful axe-man. Cuts down trees with single stroke, and the likeSkillful fencer (swordsman)Skillful surgeonSkillful shipbuilderSkillful painter. Can paint from description of a dreamIngenious carpenterSkillful thief. (Cf. K301.)Skillful trackerSkillful milker

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