μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Task: making an invisible knot with an egg.

Tests. · Tests of prowess: tasks. · Nature of tasks. · Impossible or absurd tasks. · Tasks contrary to laws of nature. · view the constellation · filed as H1021.5

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“Pohyola’s fair and winsome daughter, Glory of the land and water, Sat upon the bow of heaven, On its highest arch resplendent, In a gown of richest fabric, In a gold and silver air-gown, Weaving webs of golden texture, Interlacing threads of silver; Weaving with a golden shuttle, With a weaving-comb of silver; Merrily flies the golden shuttle, From the maiden’s nimble fingers, Briskly swings the lathe in weaving, Swiftly flies the comb…”

The Kalevala, Rune VIII · served from our shelf

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  • FinnishThe Kalevala, Rune VIIIThompson cites: Kalevala rune 8.
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Within the index

Filed under Task: construction from impossible kind of material.

Filed beside it
Task: making a rope of sandTask: making a rope of chaffTask: making ship of stoneTask: making a knot of spilled brandyTask: weaving a silk shirt from hair. (Cf. H1022.2.2.)Task: taking a stick from the body. (Fingernail.)Task: spinning goldTask: sewing a shirt of stoneTask: brewing ale from sweet milkTask: making a peacock of silk
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Magic songMagic song heals wound. (Cf. D1275.)Magic power at cross-roadsFlow of blood magically stopped. (Cf. D1504.)Task: making boat from splinters of a spindle and shuttleTask: splitting a hair with a blunt knife

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