μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 4references

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.

  • RussianAndrejev No. 1630*.
  • general *Type 570
  • general *BP III 273
  • general *Fb "sandhed", "pose"
Within the index

Filed under Other impossible tasks.

1 finer motif beneath it
Task: going to get nothing and bringing it back
Filed beside it
Task: showing picture of a voiceTask: eating the moonTask: building castle suspended between heaven and earthTask: getting fruit from top of tall tree without cutting tree. (Cuts roots of tree.)Task: bringing a plantain leaf from the garden without tearing itTask: recalling a dream someone else has hadTask: carrying woman across river without wetting feet. Hero failsTask: bringing melon 12 cubits long with seed 13 cubits longOther impossible tasks – miscellaneous
Carried in tale types

wander