Task: spinning gold

Motif

Task: spinning gold.

Tests. · Tests of prowess: tasks. · Nature of tasks. · Impossible or absurd tasks. · Tasks contrary to laws of nature. · view the constellation · filed as H1021.8

Cited in the index

general Type 500
general BP I 490ff., *495 n. 1.

Within the index

Filed under Task: construction from impossible kind of material.

Filed beside it

Task: making a rope of sand Task: making a rope of chaff Task: making ship of stone Task: making a knot of spilled brandy Task: making an invisible knot with an egg Task: weaving a silk shirt from hair. (Cf. H1022.2.2.) Task: taking a stick from the body. (Fingernail.) Task: sewing a shirt of stone Task: brewing ale from sweet milk Task: making a peacock of silk

Carried in tale types

The Name of the Supernatural Helper · ATU 500 3 recorded variants

ask the rhapsode about this motif · search the shelf for “spinning” · wander