Task: drinking the sea dry: countertask: stop all the rivers. (Cf. H951.) — Mythoi

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Task: drinking the sea dry: countertask: stop all the rivers. (Cf. H951.)

Tests. · Tests of prowess: tasks. · Nature of tasks. · Superhuman tasks. · view the constellation · filed as H1142.3

Cited in the index

general BP II 369.

Within the index

Filed under Task: drinking enormous amount.

Filed beside it

Task: drinking wine – cellar empty Task: drinking the sea dry

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Task: dipping out the sea with a spoon: countertask: stop all the rivers. (Cf. H1113., H1142.3.) Countertasks. When a task is assigned, the hero agrees to perform it as soon as the assigner performs a certain other task. (Cf. H691.2.1, H1021.1.1, H1021.3, H1021.6.1, H1021.6.2, H1022.2.1, H1022.3, H1022.9, H1023.1.1, H1023.1.2, H1023.2.2.1, H1023.9.1, H1023.10.1, H1142.3, H1146.)

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