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Task: bridling a wild horse.

Tests. · Tests of prowess: tasks. · Nature of tasks. · Tasks: stealing, capturing, or slaying. · view the constellation · filed as H1154.3.1

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““Sable-bearded god of forests, In thy hat and coat of ermine, Robe thy trees in finest fibers, Deck thy groves in richest fabrics, Give the fir-trees shining silver, Deck with gold the slender balsams, Give the spruces copper belting, And the pine-trees silver girdles, Give the birches golden flowers, Deck their stems with silver fret-work, This their garb in former ages, When the days and nights were brighter, When the fir-trees shone…”

The Kalevala, Rune XIV · served from our shelf

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  • FinnishThe Kalevala, Rune XIVThompson cites: Kalevala rune 14
Scholars’ trail — 3references

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Filed under Task: bridling a wild animal.

Filed beside it
Task: bridling ferocious bearTask: capturing and binding ferocious boarTask: capturing wild elephantTask: loading ferocious camelsTask: yoking stagsTask: bringing tigers
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Magic song to catch animals. (Cf. D1275.)Task: killing ferocious beast

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