The constellation
K1700 Deception through bluffing
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- Trickster makes believe he has found a purse (which he had filled with lead). Merchant claims it and pays ten crowns for it. Trickster wins ensuing suit · K1696 entry
- Trickster's eggs become an omelet. Tries to avoid paying tax by hiding eggs in his breeches. The collectors make him sit down · K1693 entry
- Teacher instructs pupil in the art of love: cuckolded. Student, ignoring woman's identity, seduces the teacher's wife, and reports success to him. The teacher makes futile attempts to surprise wife with pupil · K1692 entry
- Woman killed. Disliking early rising, the servant kills devil's mother or grandmother, who crows in place of the cock · K1691.2 entry
- Ogre (large animal) overawed · K1710 entry
- Ogre made to believe small hero is large: overawed · K1711 entry
- Tiger made to believe porcupine bristle is his enemy's hair: overawed · K1711.1 entry
- Boys threaten to harness tiger. They have jumped on him from behind and he cannot see. He buys them off · K1714 entry