Tedious tasks — Mythoi

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Tedious tasks.

Tests. · Tests of prowess: tasks. · Nature of tasks. · Tedious tasks. · view the constellation · filed as H1110

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Greco-RomanThe Metamorphoses of Ovid, Book 5
Depth CommentaryPsychology of the Unconscious: A Study of the Transformations and Symbolisms of the Libido, Part II — CHAPTER IV
Hermetic / AlchemicalThe Hermetic Museum, Restored and Enlarged, Tract 16: An Open Entrance to the Closed Palace of the King (Eirenaeus Philalethes)

Within the index

16 finer motifs beneath it

Task: carrying hundreds of sheep across stream one at a time Task: herding rabbits Task: bailing out a pond Task: climbing glass mountain Task: chopping down large tree with blunt (fragile) implements. (Cf. H1095.)Task: breaking huge rock to pieces Task: bringing as many horses as there are days in the year. (Brings one for each week-day.)Task: counting hairs in pig's back (feathers in bird)Task: picking all nuts from tall tree. (Performed by grateful squirrel.)Task: preparing large quantity of grain Task: feeding ravenous beast to satiation Task: gathering all stones from brook or field Task: traveling till iron shoes are worn out Task: carrying off huge quantity of money Task: keeping up a certain work all night Other tedious tasks

Travels with

Tools sharpened through power of saint. Slaves forced to hew down yew tree with dull tools: hands bleed. (Cf. H1110, P170.)Tedious penances. (Cf. H1110, Q500.)