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- Animals perform tasks for man. B571
- Animal who arrives late performs tasks for man. (Cf. L147.1.) B571.2
- Tabu: eating before task is finished. C231.2
- Compulsion to perform certain task yearly. C684
- Tabu: sleeping before task is finished. C735.1.2
- Disenchantment by accomplishment of tasks. D753
- Disenchantment when superhuman task is finished. Enchanted person appears every seven years in human form and puts one stitch in a smock. When it is finished, she will be delivered. D791.1.2
- Tasks performed by use of magic object. D1581
- Magic prevention of performance of task. (Cf. H970.) D2072.4
- Dead lover sets tasks. If girl does not perform them (or answer his questions) he will carry her off. E212
- Ghost is laid by giving it a never-ending or impossible task. (Cf. H900, H1010.) E454
- Fairies wash their clothes: they are heard only at this task. F271.9
- Tasks set maid by elfin knight before she can marry him. F301.4
- Fairy leaves when given impossible tasks to do. F381.11
- Dwarfs help in performing task. F451.5.1.20
- Extraordinary companions perform hero's tasks. F601.1
- Strong man accomplishes superhuman tasks when God's spirit is over him. F610.9
- One is freed if he can set a task the devil cannot perform. G303.16.19.3
- Task for devil: sweeping and winnowing peas on ice. G303.16.19.3.1
- Task for devil: making needles. G303.16.19.3.2
Tale types
- ATU 1183 Washing Black Wool White (previously Washing Black Cloth White: Task for Devil)
- ATU 1525A Tasks for a Thief (previously Theft of Dog, Horse, Sheet, or Ring)
- ATU 425B Son of the Witch (previously The Disenchanted Husband: the Witch's Tasks)
- ATU 577 The King's Tasks
- ATU 891 The Man who Deserted his Wife (previously The Man who Deserts his Wife and Sets her the Task of Bearing him a Child)
- ATU 910C Think Carefully Before You Begin a Task