μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 2references

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 Type 313
  • general Fb "slot" III 377a.
Within the index

Filed under Tasks requiring miraculous speed.

6 finer motifs beneath it
Task: building castle in three daysTask: building a lodge entirely of bird's feathers in one nightTask: building entire village in one nightTask: building a house of iron in one nightTask: erecting marriage hall in one nightTask: building granary full of grain overnight
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: embroidering blanket in one day. (Help from animals.) (Cf. B571.)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: 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
Carried in tale types

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