μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 3references

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 570
  • general BP III 267ff. (incident C)
  • general *Fb "hare".
Within the index

Filed under Tedious tasks.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Task: keeping four dogs in herdTask: pasturing a cow which continues to run all day
Filed beside it
Task: carrying hundreds of sheep across stream one at a timeTask: bailing out a pondTask: climbing glass mountainTask: chopping down large tree with blunt (fragile) implements. (Cf. H1095.)Task: breaking huge rock to piecesTask: 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 grainTask: feeding ravenous beast to satiationTask: gathering all stones from brook or fieldTask: traveling till iron shoes are worn outTask: carrying off huge quantity of moneyTask: keeping up a certain work all nightOther tedious tasks
Carried in tale types

wander