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

1 finer motif beneath it
Bear demands that heroine play Blindman's Buff
Filed beside it
Heat test. Attempt to kill hero by burning him in fireCold test. Attempt to freeze hero to deathPoisoned food test. Attempt to kill hero by feeding him poisoned foodPoisoned clothing test. Attempt to kill hero by poisoning clothingTest: bite of poisonous snakeClam test. Hero is sent to capture a giant clam, so that he can be killedKilling trees threaten heroClashing rocks test: hero to pass between themSpine test. Attempt to kill hero by throwing him on sharp spine or spikeWedge test. Hero is caught in cleft of treeHanging test. Unavailing attempt to kill hero by hangingPlank test. Attempt to kill hero by letting plank fall on himPrecipice test. Hero is pushed over a precipiceToboggan test. Attempt to kill hero on dangerous tobogganDrowning test. Unavailing attempt to drown hero

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