μῦθοι Mythoi
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Task: stealing golden apples.

Tests. · Tests of prowess: tasks. · Nature of tasks. · Tasks: stealing, capturing, or slaying. · view the constellation · filed as H1151.1

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“When Hercules called for wine, he said he feared to open the jar which belonged to the centaurs in common.? But Hercules, bidding him be of good courage, opened it, and not long afterwards, scenting the smell, the centaurs arrived at the cave of Pholus, armed with rocks and firs. The first who dared to enter, Anchius and Agrius, were repelled by Hercules with a shower of brands, and the rest of them he shot and pursued as far as Malea.”

The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK II, ch. V · served from our shelf uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

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  • IcelandicThe Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK II, ch. VThompson cites: MacCulloch Eddic 179, *Boberg Greek: Fox 87, Frazer Apollodorus I 220 n. 1.
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Filed under Theft as a task.

1 finer motif beneath it
Task: stealing a golden lotus
Filed beside it
Task: stealing twelve horses out of stall. (Cf. H1151.13.3.)Task: stealing sheet from bed on which person is sleepingTask: stealing ring from fingerTask: stealing belt from queenTask: stealing elephant's tail (tusks)Task: stealing the two horns of a savage bullTask: stealing cattle which are guarded by a marvelous dogTask: stealing troll's golden horseTask: bringing branch from tree guarded by ghostsTask: bringing a baby lion's tail to use as broomTask: stealing eggs from under birdTask: stealing from a kingTask: stealing sword from giantTask: stealing goddess Freya's necklaceTask: stealing the mead of poetryTask: stealing the bait of the demon Añan
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Hound of hell. Cerberus (monstrous dog) guards the bridge to the lower worldTwo-headed dogHydra: nine-headed monster. Middle head immortalMan-eating maresCentaur: man-horse. Trunk and head of man, body of horseHind with golden hornsTransformation to animal to seduce womanMagic goblet (glass)Transportation by magic goblet. (Cf. D1171.6.2.)Immortality exchanged. Wounded Centaur immortal but cannot be cured. He gives away his immortality to Prometheus and is thus allowed to diePerson with three bodies. Body of three men grown together in one at waist but parted in three from flanks and thighsTasks imposed. A person's prowess is tested by assigning him certain tasks (usually impossible or extremely difficult) to be performed either to escape punishment or to receive a valuable reward

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