Task: counting hairs in pig's back (feathers in bird) — Mythoi

Motif

Task: counting hairs in pig's back (feathers in bird).

Tests. · Tests of prowess: tasks. · Nature of tasks. · Tedious tasks. · view the constellation · filed as H1118

Cited in the index

general *Fb "tælle" III 922b.

Within the index

Filed under Tedious tasks.

3 finer motifs beneath it

Task: counting the seeds in a package of mustard Task: counting daily how many leaves fall off a tree Task: counting palm trees within view of king's palace

Filed beside 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: 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

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