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Wrestling match: Antaeus. Giant invincible in wrestling because with each contact with earth his strength is renewed.

Deceptions. · Contests won by deception. · Athletic contest won by deception. · view the constellation · filed as K12.3

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Wrestling match won by deception: where to throw the ogre. The ogre squeezes the man so that his eyes bulge out. The ogre: "Why do you glare so?" – "I am looking to see where to throw you." The ogre flees (Cf. K18.1.) Wrestling match won by deception: bear as "grandfather." A man challenged by an ogre persuades the latter to wrestle with his old grandfather instead. By this he means a bear. (Cf. K11.6, K15.1.) Wrestling match of man with fever. Man places stone image at wrestling-place; fever enters image and shatters it Wrestling between porcupine and deer. Deer defeated but always pleads illness
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Hound of hell. Cerberus (monstrous dog) guards the bridge to the lower world Two-headed dog Hydra: nine-headed monster. Middle head immortal Man-eating mares Centaur: man-horse. Trunk and head of man, body of horse Hind with golden horns Transformation to animal to seduce woman Magic goblet (glass) Transportation by magic goblet. (Cf. D1171.6.2.) Immortality exchanged. Wounded Centaur immortal but cannot be cured. He gives away his immortality to Prometheus and is thus allowed to die Person with three bodies. Body of three men grown together in one at waist but parted in three from flanks and thighs Tasks imposed. A person's prowess is tested by assigning him certain tasks (usually impossible or extremely difficult) to be performed either to escape punishment or to receive a valuable reward

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