Marvels

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• Man shoots pearls from wife's nose-ring. F661.10
• Skillful archer uses arrow as boomerang. F661.11
• Hero shoots arrow and cuts thread. F661.12
• Skillful tailor. F662
• Woman skillful in sewing. F662.0.1
• Woman sews nine garments at a time with one needle. F662.0.1.1
• Skillful tailor sews up broken eggs. F662.1
• Birds hatched from broken eggs repaired by skillful tailor have red line around necks. This indicates where eggs were broken. F662.1.1
• Skillful tailor sews together scattered planks in capsizing boat. F662.2
• Skillful tailor sews bean together after bean has split from laughing. F662.3
• Skillful smith. (Cf. F271.3.) F663
• Skillful smith calls self master of all masters. F663.0.1
• Skillful smith shoes running horse. F663.1
• Clever smith makes needle that pierces anvil. F663.2
• Skillful flayer. F664
• Skillful flayer skins running rabbit. F664.1
• Woman flays running deer. F664.1.1
• Skillful barber. F665
• Skillful barber shaves running hare. F665.1
• Skillful axe-man. Cuts down trees with single stroke, and the like. F666
• Skillful axe-man makes spear-shafts with three chippings. Also at the same time sets them into the spear-rings. F666.1
• Skillful fencer (swordsman). F667
• Skillful fencer keeps sword dry in rain. Swings it so fast. F667.1
• Man able to strike every arrow with his sword and reduce it to splinters. F667.2
• Expert swordsman cuts clothes bag in two. (Cf. F611.3.3.1) F667.3
• Skillful surgeon. F668
• Skillful physician. F668.0.1
• Skillful surgeon removes and replaces vital organs. (Cf. X1721.2.) F668.1
• Skillful surgeon removes speck from midge's eye. Does it with one stroke without injuring midge. F668.2
• Man can transplant feather from one bird to another. F668.3
• Skillful surgeon can tell by whom wound was inflicted. F668.4
• New arm made from another man's arm bone. F668.5
• Skillful shipbuilder. F671
• Rapid boat-builder can build boat in twinkling of an eye. F671.1
• Man can keep together feathers in great wind. F673
• Skillful painter. Can paint from description of a dream. F674
• Ingenious carpenter. F675
• King makes a wooden peacock machine for his son. F675.1
• Moonmakers make new moon. F675.2
• Carpenter constructs house of sandalwood which will go wherever owner commands. F675.3
• Skillful carpenter constructs large palace overnight. F675.4
• Skillful thief. (Cf. K301.) F676
• Thief can eat from man's plate during dinner without detection. F676.1
• Thief can cut soles off man's boots without detection as he walks along road. F676.2
• Skillful tracker. F677
• Skillful tracker infallible on land or sea. F677.1
• Skillful milker. F678
• Skillful milker milks cows incessantly. F678.1
• Remarkable skill – miscellaneous. F679
• Remarkable herdsman. Sits on mountain top. Cows come from great distance at his call. F679.1
• Man can lengthen swords by twirling them between his fingers. F679.2
• Man can walk (stand) on weapon edge (point) without injury. F679.3
• Man can stand on barrel rolling down hill. F679.4
• Skillful hunter. F679.5
• Skillful hunter manages hounds. F679.5.1
• Skillful hunter can tell from baying the succession of hounds and what quarry they pursue. F679.5.2
• Man kills many tigers with one arrow-shot. F679.5.3
• Seven stags killed at one shot. F679.5.3.1
• Skillful cast of stone: carries away roof tree of burning house and so puts out fire. F679.6
• Skillful gambler always wins. Whatever he earns in day he spends immediately. F679.7
• Skill at chess-playing. F679.8
• Skillful musician plays nine mouth harps at once. F679.9
• Other marvelous powers. F680
• Marvelous runner. F681
• Marvelous runner keeps leg tied up. To prevent him from running away. F681.1
• Marvelous runner outstrips March wind. F681.2
• Marvelous runner swift as thought. F681.3
• Contest between runner swift as thought and one swift as sight. Former wins. F681.3.1
• Marvelous runner swift as sight. F681.4
• Marvelous runner can run round earth in five minutes. F681.5
• Marvelous runner catches wild game on the run. F681.6
• Man can outstrip wild mare, hold her, and bridle her. F681.6.1
• Marvelous runner runs backwards. F681.7
• Marvelous runner captures two of every wild animal. F681.8
• Man who is too heavy for any horse walks faster than horseback riders. F681.9
• Marvelous swift plower. F681.10
• Marvelous swift mower. F681.11
• Runner runs so swiftly that he does not snap the ears of wheat (bend grass). F681.12
• Boy runs so fast snow makes rainbow behind him. F681.13
• Man can stand all day on one foot. F682
• Person (warrior) uses only one leg, one hand, one eye. F682.0.1
• Sparks come from man's feet. F683
• Sparks come from man's hands. F683.1
• Fire drops from fingers of warrior whenever he wills it. F683.1.1
• Marvelous jumper. F684
• Marvelous climber. F684.1
• Marvelous withstander of cold. F685
• Body with marvelous heat. Melts snow thirty feet around and serves as fuel for man's companions. F686
• Cauldron warmed by breath of nine maidens. (Cf. D1171.2.) F686.1
• Room heated by crowded corpses kept on hand by ghoulish ogres. F686.2
• Remarkable fragrance (odor) of person. F687
• Man with marvelous voice. F688
• Man's voice shakes heavens. F688.1
• Man's shout remains in air three days. F688.2
• Voice heard over whole land. F688.3
• Walls fall because of great shout. F688.4
• Man can breathe nine days under water. F691
• Hero battles under lake for a day and night. F691.0.1
• Person with remarkable memory. (Cf. F654.) F692
• Whole epic remembered from one hearing. F692.1
• Wounds inflicted by certain man always fatal. F693
• Saint passes through closed doors. F694
• Extraordinary reading ability. F695
• Reading without learning the alphabet. F695.1
• Extraordinary amount read in short time. F695.2
• Learning to read in extraordinarily short time. F695.3
• Miraculous ability to learn to read and to write foreign language in short time. F695.3.1
• Marvelous swimmer. F696
• Marvelous ball player. F697
• Culture hero as marvelous ball player. F697.1
• Saint as marvelous ball player. F697.2
• Marvelous juggler. F698
• Hero throws ball, bat, dart (playthings) and catches them before they reach ground. F698.1
• Performing on spear points. F698.2
• Catching 150 toy spears in shield. F698.3
• Additional marvelous powers. F699
• Marvelous dancer. F699.1
• Extraordinary places. F700
• Land of plenty. Yields everything to heart's desire. F701
• Milk and honey flow in land. F701.1
• Land of the Blessed. F701.2
• Land of fire. (Cf. F753, F756.1, F763, F771.1.11, F785.3.) F702
• Lands with extraordinary names. Land of the boot, the towel, the walking-stick, and the like. F703
• Land of cold and mist. (Cf. A623.) F704
• Artificial paradise and hell to punish and reward. F705
• Land of darkness. F706
• Extraordinary kingdom. (Cf. F760.) F707
• Kingdom where everything is of gold. F707.1
• Kingdom where everything is of silver. F707.2
• Kingdom where everything is of diamond. F707.3
• Kingdom where everything is of pearl. F707.4
• Countries with one conspicuous lack. F708
• Country without cats. F708.1
• Country without grain. F708.2
• Country without wine. F708.3
• Other extraordinary countries. F709
• Country of the naked. F709.1
• Country of little girls. F709.2
• Country of thieves and impostors. F709.3
• Extraordinary bodies of water. F710
• Water resembling fire. F710.1
• Extraordinary sea. (Cf. D911.) F711
• Sea issues from marvelous cask. F711.1
• Sea of unusual substance. F711.2
• Sea of milk. (Cf. F713.4, F715.2.3.) F711.2.1
• Sea of cream. F711.2.2
• Sea of pumice. F711.2.3
• Sea of slime. F711.2.4
• Sea of honey. (Cf. F715.2.4.) F711.2.5
• Sea of unusual color. F711.3
• White sea. F711.3.1
• Red sea. F711.3.2
• Fresh water in sea. F711.4
• Stream of fresh water flows through the sea. F711.4.1
• Well hidden in sea. (Cf. D926.) F711.4.2
• Aroma of sea as of wine. F711.5
• Sea with fishes with bodies like men and sharp razor-like snouts. F711.6
• Extraordinary pond (lake). F713
• Pond of ambrosia. F713.1
• Bottomless lakes (pools, etc.). F713.2
• Extremely deep water. Axe seven years reaching bottom. F713.2.1
• Lake monster turning over causes lake to overflow surrounding mountains. F713.3
• Pond of milk. (Cf. F711.2.1, F715.2.3.) F713.4
• Pond always clear because deity uses it for his bath. F713.5
• Lake of blood. F713.6
• Extraordinary river. (Cf. D915.) F715
• Extraordinary source of river. F715.1
• River issues from magic nut. (Cf. D985, F718.12.) F715.1.1
• River issues from pillar. F715.1.2
• River from man's finger. F715.1.3
• River flows from man's head. F715.1.4
• River flows from man's mouth. F715.1.5
• River of extraordinary fluid. F715.2
• River of blood. F715.2.1
• River of mercury. F715.2.2
• River of milk. (Cf. F711.2.1, F713.4, F814.6.) F715.2.3
• River of honey. (Cf. F711.2.5.) F715.2.4
• River of tears. F715.2.5
• Rivers with marvelous underground connections. Euphrates, Tigris, Tiber, and River Boant really the same which flow through oceans and underground. F715.3
• Undersea river. (Cf. F718.1.) F715.3.1
• Marvelous stream containing little black fish bursts forth from mountain. (Cf. A934.9.) F715.3.2
• Stream runs through house. F715.4
• River which never freezes. F715.5
• River that burns like fire. F715.6
• River which petrifies anyone passing through it. F715.7
• Kingdom where seven rivers meet. F715.8
• Red river. F715.9
• River whose specific gravity is so slight nothing can float on it. (Cf. F716.2.) F715.10
• Extraordinary fountain. (Cf. D925.) F716
• Fountain gives water on Wednesdays and Fridays. F716.1
• Fountain has taste of wine. (Cf. F718.3.) F716.1.1
• Spring with water lighter than wood and with scent of violets. (Cf. F715.10.) F716.2
• Fountain hot or cold as desired. F716.3
• Fountain jet which remains immovable. F716.4
• Musical fountain in otherworld. F716.5
• Extraordinary pool. F717
• Pool paved with gold. F717.1
• Poison pool. F717.2
• Extraordinary well. (Cf. D926.) F718
• Well located under sea. (Cf. F715.3.1.) F718.1