Task: cleaning Augean stable. Stable has not been cleaned in years. Must be done in one night. River turned through it

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Task: cleaning Augean stable. Stable has not been cleaned in years. Must be done in one night. River turned through it.

Tests. · Tests of prowess: tasks. · Nature of tasks. · Tasks requiring miraculous speed. · view the constellation · filed as H1102

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“When Hercules called for wine, he said he feared to open the jar which belonged to the centaurs in common.? But Hercules, bidding him be of good courage, opened it, and not long afterwards, scenting the smell, the centaurs arrived at the cave of Pholus, armed with rocks and firs. The first who dared to enter, Anchius and Agrius, were repelled by Hercules with a shower of brands, and the rest of them he shot and pursued as far as Malea.”

— The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK II, ch. V · served from our shelf uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

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GreekThe Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK II, ch. VThompson cites: Fox 82, Frazer Apollodorus I 195 n. 2

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GreekFox 82, Frazer Apollodorus I 195 n. 2 → on our shelf: The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK II, ch. V
New ZealandDixon 71.
general Type 313
general Köhler-Bolte I 170
general *Fb "stald" III 534a

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Filed under Tasks requiring miraculous speed.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Task: cleaning cowshed Task: emptying in one day a barn filled with manure

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

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Hound of hell. Cerberus (monstrous dog) guards the bridge to the lower world Two-headed dog Hydra: nine-headed monster. Middle head immortal Man-eating mares Centaur: man-horse. Trunk and head of man, body of horse Hind with golden horns Transformation to animal to seduce woman Magic goblet (glass)Transportation by magic goblet. (Cf. D1171.6.2.)Immortality exchanged. Wounded Centaur immortal but cannot be cured. He gives away his immortality to Prometheus and is thus allowed to die Person with three bodies. Body of three men grown together in one at waist but parted in three from flanks and thighs Tasks imposed. A person's prowess is tested by assigning him certain tasks (usually impossible or extremely difficult) to be performed either to escape punishment or to receive a valuable reward

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