μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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Filed under Tasks contrary to laws of nature.

11 finer motifs beneath it
Task: making a rope of sandTask: making a rope of chaffTask: making ship of stoneTask: making a knot of spilled brandyTask: making an invisible knot with an eggTask: 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
Filed beside it
Task: construction from impossible amount of materialTasks contrary to the nature of objectsTasks contrary to the nature of animalsTask: obtaining fat (bacon) from swine that never was farrowedTask: changing the course of time
Carried in tale types

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