μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Tasks contrary to laws of nature.

Tests. · Tests of prowess: tasks. · Nature of tasks. · Impossible or absurd tasks. · Tasks contrary to laws of nature. · view the constellation · filed as H1020

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6 finer motifs beneath it
Task: construction from impossible kind of material Task: construction from impossible amount of material Tasks contrary to the nature of objects Tasks contrary to the nature of animals Task: obtaining fat (bacon) from swine that never was farrowed Task: changing the course of time

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