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Task: sewing a shirt from flower petals.

Tests. · Tests of prowess: tasks. · Nature of tasks. · Impossible or absurd tasks. · Tasks contrary to laws of nature. · view the constellation · filed as H1021.9.1

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“She walked the whole night long, and next day also without stopping, until she could go no farther for weariness. Then she saw a forest-hut, and went into it, and found a room with six little beds, but she did not venture to get into one of them, but crept under one, and lay down on the hard ground, intencliug to pass the night there. Just before sunset, however, she heard a rustling, and saw six swans come flying in at the window.”

Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 49 · served from our shelf uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

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Filed under Task: sewing a shirt of stone.

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Tabu: speaking during certain timeTransformation through thoughtless wish of parentDaily transformationPerson restored to human form retains certain animal featuresDisenchantment by maintaining silence for a year or moreDisenchantment by physical contactWitch transforms person to animal. (Cf. D100.)Quest for lost brother(s)

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