μῦθοι Mythoi
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Filed under Tasks requiring miraculous speed.

4 finer motifs beneath it
Task: bringing water from distant fountain more quickly than a witchTask: hauling enormous number of things from one farm to another in one dayTask: killing enough birds in one day to cover the mountain, each bird to be of a different speciesTask: exterminating mice infesting city in three days
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: 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 time

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