Toboggan test. Attempt to kill hero on dangerous toboggan

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Toboggan test. Attempt to kill hero on dangerous toboggan.

Tests. · Other tests. · Tests of endurance and power of survival. · Tests of power to survive. · view the constellation · filed as H1536

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“So Wemicus lay down and the man started to pick the lice. He took the cranberries from inside his shirt and each time he pretended to catch a louse, he cracked a cranberry and threw it on the ground, and so Wemicus got fooled a second time that day. Then they went home and Wemicus said to his son-in-law, “There are a whole lot of eggs on that rocky island where the gulls are. We will go get the eggs, come back, and have an egg supper.’’”

— Tales of the North American Indians, Tale 46 · served from our shelf receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

Attested across traditions

North American IndigenousTales of the North American Indians, Tale 46 receipt

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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N. Am. Indian*Thompson Tales 326 n. 173.

Within the index

Filed under Tests of power to survive. Vain attempts to kill hero.

Filed beside it

Heat test. Attempt to kill hero by burning him in fire Cold test. Attempt to freeze hero to death Poisoned food test. Attempt to kill hero by feeding him poisoned food Poisoned clothing test. Attempt to kill hero by poisoning clothing Test: bite of poisonous snake Clam test. Hero is sent to capture a giant clam, so that he can be killed Killing trees threaten hero Clashing rocks test: hero to pass between them Spine test. Attempt to kill hero by throwing him on sharp spine or spike Wedge test. Hero is caught in cleft of tree Hanging test. Unavailing attempt to kill hero by hanging Plank test. Attempt to kill hero by letting plank fall on him Precipice test. Hero is pushed over a precipice Test: playing game with ferocious beast Drowning test. Unavailing attempt to drown hero

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Means of inducing magic sleep. (Cf. D1364.)Hero hidden and ogre deceived by his wife (daughter) when he says that he smells human blood Suitor tests. A suitor is put to severe tests by his prospective bride or father-in-law Ogre's own moccasins burned. The ogre plans to burn the hero's moccasins while they are camping together, but the hero exchanges the moccasins Marooned man reaches home and outwits marooner

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