Task: felling a forest in one night. (Cf. H1115.) — Mythoi

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Task: felling a forest in one night. (Cf. H1115.)

Tests. · Tests of prowess: tasks. · Nature of tasks. · Tasks requiring miraculous speed. · view the constellation · filed as H1095

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth *Cross
Icelandic Boberg (H322.5)
Breton Sébillot Incidents s. v. "forêt"
Italian Basile Pentamerone II No. 7.
general *Type 313
general Fb "skov" III 300a

Within the index

Filed under Tasks requiring miraculous speed.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Task: collecting firewood quickly, sufficient to last remainder of one's life Task: stacking wood from felled forest in one day

Filed beside it

Task: sorting a large amount of grain (beads, beans, peas) in one night Task: spinning impossible amount in one night. (Cf. H1022.2.) Task: embroidering blanket in one day. (Help from animals.) (Cf. B571.) Task: unraveling in short time Task: washing enormous number of clothes (and other articles) in short time Task: draining sea-covered land in one night Task: removing mountain (mound) in one night Task: cleaning Augean stable. Stable has not been cleaned in years. Must be done in one night. River turned through it Task: setting out vineyard in one night Task: building castle in one night Task: digging a pond quickly Task: shearing flock of sheep in one day Task: bringing documents from distant city in one day Task: paving great road in short time Other tasks requiring miraculous speed

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Task: chopping down large tree with blunt (fragile) implements. (Cf. H1095.)

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