The constellation
K1253 The general hatches out an egg. The page induces the general to take his place in sitting on the eggs. Then he calls the king to look
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- Numskull Sits on Eggs to Finish the Hatching · ATU 1218
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- Trickster rides dupe horseback. Usually by feigning sickness he induces the dupe to carry him and then boasts that the dupe always acts as his horse · K1241 entry
- Priest trapped in window and humiliated · K1243 entry
- Holding up the rock. Trickster makes dupe believe that he is holding up a great rock and induces him to hold it for a while. (Sometimes steals the dupe's goods.) · K1251 entry
- Holding down the hat. Dupe persuaded to guard hat supposed to cover something valuable. It covers a pile of dung. (Dupe's goods are sometimes stolen.) · K1252 entry
- Person hypnotized into believing himself transformed · K1262 entry
- Man falsely reported insane. No one will believe him · K1265 entry
- Man carried and dropped in mid-stream · K1268 entry
- Amorous intrigue observed and exposed · K1271 entry
- Man abed with his wife is frightened away by an intruder who steals his clothes · K1272 entry
- Abbess puts priest's trousers on her head. Suddenly called up while abed with the priest, she thinks to put on her coif. Discomfited by nuns whom she has denounced for incontinence · K1273 entry