Task: construction from impossible amount of material.
Tests. · Tests of prowess: tasks. · Nature of tasks. · Impossible or absurd tasks. · Tasks contrary to laws of nature. · view the constellation · filed as H1022
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Filed under Tasks contrary to laws of nature.
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Task: weaving cloth from two threadsTask: making many shirts (clothing an army) from one hank of flax (wool)Task: making sails for ship from one bundle of linen; countertask: making spindle and loom from one stick of wood. (Cf. H951.)Task: making shirt from piece of linen three inches squareTask: feeding army from one measure of mealTask: making many kinds of food from one small birdTask: making boat from splinters of a spindle and shuttleTask: brewing impossible amount of ale from one grain of cornTask: bringing quantity of mosquito bones within month; countertask: furnishing scales with wind as beams and heat as pans. (Cf. H951.)