Task: stealing cattle which are guarded by a marvelous dog

Motif

Task: stealing cattle which are guarded by a marvelous dog.

Tests. · Tests of prowess: tasks. · Nature of tasks. · Tasks: stealing, capturing, or slaying. · view the constellation · filed as H1151.8

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“Tiphys, son of Hagnias, who steered the ship; Orpheus, son of Oeagrus; Zetes and Calais, sons of Boreas ; Castor and Pollux, sons of Zeus ; Telamon and Peleus, sons of Aeacus; Hercules, son of Zeus; Theseus, son of Aegeus; Idas and Lynceus, sons of Aphareus; Ampbhiaraus, son of Oicles; Caeneus, son of Coronus; Palaemon, son of Hephaestus or of Aetolus ; Cepheus, son of Aleus ; Laertes son of Arci- sius; Autolycus, son of Hermes;…”

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

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GreekThe Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK I, ch. IXThompson cites: Frazer Apollodorus I 87 n. 3 (Melampus).

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GreekFrazer Apollodorus I 87 n. 3 (Melampus). → on our shelf: The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK I, ch. IX

Within the index

Filed under Theft as a task.

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 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

Sleepless dragon Brazen-footed, fire-breathing bulls. (Cf. B15.6, B15.5)Animal languages learned from serpent (not eaten). (Cf. B176.)Bird language Grateful animals Helpful serpent Tabu: falsely claiming the powers of a god Transformation and disenchantment at will Power of self-transformation received from a god Magic ship. (Cf. D1121.)Magic drug renders invulnerable. (Cf. D1240.)Symplegades. Rocks that clash together at intervals. (Cf. D931.)

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