μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Task: bringing branch from tree guarded by ghosts.

Tests. · Tests of prowess: tasks. · Nature of tasks. · Tasks: stealing, capturing, or slaying. · view the constellation · filed as H1151.10

Filed across the traditions
  • India Thompson-Balys.
Within the index

Filed under Theft as a task.

1 finer motif beneath it
Task: stealing pears from ingeniously guarded garden
Filed beside it
Task: stealing golden apples Task: stealing twelve horses out of stall. (Cf. H1151.13.3.) Task: stealing sheet from bed on which person is sleeping Task: stealing ring from finger Task: stealing belt from queen Task: stealing elephant's tail (tusks) Task: stealing the two horns of a savage bull Task: stealing cattle which are guarded by a marvelous dog Task: stealing troll's golden horse Task: bringing a baby lion's tail to use as broom Task: stealing eggs from under bird Task: stealing from a king Task: stealing sword from giant Task: stealing goddess Freya's necklace Task: stealing the mead of poetry Task: stealing the bait of the demon Añan

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