Tasks: capturing animals — Mythoi

Motif

Tasks: capturing animals.

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

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth *Cross
Greek Fox 80ff.

Within the index

Filed under Tasks: stealing, capturing, or slaying.

13 finer motifs beneath it

Task: bringing head(s) of animal(s) Task: capturing magic pig carrying scissors, comb, and razors between its ears Task: capturing deer from herd watched by giant Task: bridling a wild animal Task: catching huge fish without nets or tackle Task: capturing elk Task: capturing squirrel and rattlesnake Task: capturing bird Task: capturing magic horse Task: capturing pair of every wild animal in the land Task: capturing badgers Task: obtaining marrow of wild pig, lard of wild boar, water bird (coot?) Task: bringing in fierce lion alive

Filed beside it

Theft as a task Task: selling an animal and keeping him Task: selling three old women. (Devil finds that no one wants them.) Task: taming wild animals. (Cf. H1154.3.) Task: incurring anger of ferocious animal Task: killing ferocious beast Task: killing certain man. (Cf. H335.3, H335.5, H335.6.) Task: uprooting man-devouring tree. (Cf. H335.) Task: bullfight (buffaloes) Task: duel Task: bringing an ogre to court Task: luring Thor into the power of giants Suitor test: killing monster Bringing fairies to court

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