Task: building a fire; whole tree burns up while man is bringing another — Mythoi

Motif

Task: building a fire; whole tree burns up while man is bringing another.

Tests. · Tests of prowess: tasks. · Nature of tasks. · Tedious tasks. · view the constellation · filed as H1129.5

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth Cross.

Within the index

Filed under Other tedious tasks.

1 finer motif beneath it

Task: gathering firewood; bundle continually swept away from swimming man

Filed beside it

Task: filling the yard with manure Task: filling twelve bed-ticks with feathers. Done by helpful birds Task: carrying soil to cover stony ground Task: filling pot with dew Task: building causeway, clearing land, etc Task: gathering bed-tick full of harp strings Task: gathering vessel full of nail-scrapings Task: gathering crow's house full of wren's eggs Task: gathering fist-full of fleas Task: carrying fuel

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