μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Task: stealing belt from queen.

Tests. · Tests of prowess: tasks. · Nature of tasks. · Tasks: stealing, capturing, or slaying. · view the constellation · filed as H1151.5

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Filed under Theft as a task.

1 finer motif beneath it
Task: stealing girdle of goddess
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 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 branch from tree guarded by ghosts 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
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Hound of hell. Cerberus (monstrous dog) guards the bridge to the lower world Two-headed dog Hydra: nine-headed monster. Middle head immortal Man-eating mares Centaur: man-horse. Trunk and head of man, body of horse Hind with golden horns Transformation to animal to seduce woman Magic 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 die Person with three bodies. Body of three men grown together in one at waist but parted in three from flanks and thighs Tasks 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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