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.

  • general N. Am. Indian (Crow): Lowie PaAM XXV 121, Simms FM II 309, (Blackfoot): Wissler and Duvall PaAM II 130ff.
Within the index

Filed under Tasks requiring miraculous speed.

Filed beside it
Task: sorting a large amount of grain (beads, beans, peas) in one nightTask: spinning impossible amount in one night. (Cf. H1022.2.)Task: unraveling in short timeTask: felling a forest in one night. (Cf. H1115.)Task: washing enormous number of clothes (and other articles) in short timeTask: draining sea-covered land in one nightTask: removing mountain (mound) in one nightTask: cleaning Augean stable. Stable has not been cleaned in years. Must be done in one night. River turned through itTask: setting out vineyard in one nightTask: building castle in one nightTask: digging a pond quicklyTask: shearing flock of sheep in one dayTask: bringing documents from distant city in one dayTask: paving great road in short timeOther tasks requiring miraculous speed
Travels with
Animals perform tasks for man

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