Task: clothing an army from one hank of flax; countertask: making horseshoes for cavalry from one needle. (Cf. H951.)

Motif

Task: clothing an army from one hank of flax; countertask: making horseshoes for cavalry from one needle. (Cf. H951.)

Tests. · Tests of prowess: tasks. · Nature of tasks. · Impossible or absurd tasks. · Tasks contrary to laws of nature. · view the constellation · filed as H1022.2.1

Cited in the index

general Köhler-Bolte I 459.

Within the index

Filed under Task: making many shirts (clothing an army) from one hank of flax (wool).

Filed beside it

Task: weaving a shirt from a piece of thread; countertask: making a loom from a rod

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Countertasks. When a task is assigned, the hero agrees to perform it as soon as the assigner performs a certain other task. (Cf. H691.2.1, H1021.1.1, H1021.3, H1021.6.1, H1021.6.2, H1022.2.1, H1022.3, H1022.9, H1023.1.1, H1023.1.2, H1023.2.2.1, H1023.9.1, H1023.10.1, H1142.3, H1146.)

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