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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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2 finer motifs beneath it
Task: cleaning cowshed Task: emptying in one day a barn filled with manure
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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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