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it and dies. King repents and lives happily with his twelve nieces and nephew. Cf Mt 590. as 1. CTA p. 139. | ||
460—499 Superhuman task.
460—462 Question.
| 461. | A de Trueba, Cuentos de vivos y muertos, 1879 p. 123 "El yerno del rey"; see BP I 284. as 1. LRAC no 15: I, III c a b, IV a d, V, VI a b (Chain). | |
| 470. | Cf Mt 505—Mt 508. | |
| I | Cf Mt *835 I. | |
| III | as 1. LRAC no 129 (Shepherd strolls into Heaven and stays 300 years. He thinks he has been there only a short time). | |
| 471. | Philippines: Gardner JAF XX 111. | |
| *A. | Poor boy meets man in road who gives him mule that supplies all necessities. Mule goes into river. Boy does not wish to pursue it, and returns to man who gives him a bar of gold with which he starts a business. Same happens to second brother. Youngest is likewise given mule. He asks only for the simplest necessities. He crosses river with mule without getting wet. He sees thin animals in a fine pasture. Birds carry flowers from the field. He encounters a river of blood and one of milk; two rocks combatting with great fury; a woman in a castle weeping; another castle where all are cursing, and in it are two beds. He comes to a narrow bridge; sees fat animals feeding on desert. He arrives at gate where he meets lady who asks him if he is thirsty. Finally he comes to man who had given him mule. Man explains. First river of tears separates this life from the next. Lean animals in | |
