Task: stealing the two horns of a savage bull

Motif

Task: stealing the two horns of a savage bull.

Tests. · Tests of prowess: tasks. · Nature of tasks. · Tasks: stealing, capturing, or slaying. · view the constellation · filed as H1151.7

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

Icelandic*Boberg.

Within the index

Filed under Theft as a task.

1 finer motif beneath it

Task: stealing gold-filled horn of wild three-horned ox. (Cf. H933.2.)

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 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

Travels with

Task: killing fierce bull. (Cf. H1151.7.)

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