μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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.

  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
Within the index

Filed under Other impossible tasks.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Task: dipping water without wetting dipperTask: cutting and bringing leaves from thorn thicket without tearing them at allTask: drinking beer without touching pot
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: filling a sack full of lies (truths)Task: bringing melon 12 cubits long with seed 13 cubits longOther impossible tasks – miscellaneous

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