μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Task: taming wild animals. (Cf. H1154.3.)

Tests. · Tests of prowess: tasks. · Nature of tasks. · Tasks: stealing, capturing, or slaying. · view the constellation · filed as H1155

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Filed under Tasks: stealing, capturing, or slaying.

5 finer motifs beneath it
Riding and taming a wild horse Task: milking unruly cow Task: feeding dangerous man-eating sow Task: caring for mad elephant Task: riding buffaloes
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.) Tasks: capturing animals 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
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Task: bridling a wild animal

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