Task: getting fruit from top of tall tree without cutting tree. (Cuts roots of tree.)

Motif

Task: getting fruit from top of tall tree without cutting tree. (Cuts roots of tree.)

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

Africa (Mpongwe)Nassau 32 No. 4.

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Task: showing picture of a voice Task: eating the moon Task: building castle suspended between heaven and earth Task: bringing a plantain leaf from the garden without tearing it Task: recalling a dream someone else has had Task: filling a sack full of lies (truths)Task: carrying woman across river without wetting feet. Hero fails Task: bringing melon 12 cubits long with seed 13 cubits long Other impossible tasks – miscellaneous

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