The constellation
K1732 Wages: as much as he can carry. To get rid of the boy the troll offers him as large wages as he is able to carry. Boy says that this will be too much, that he will be contented merely with what the troll can carry
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The same sky, in words
filed under
- Ogre (large animal) overawed · K1710 entry
carried in tale type
- Wages: as Much as he Can Carry · ATU 1153
filed beside
- Ogre made to believe small hero is large: overawed · K1711 entry
- Boys threaten to harness tiger. They have jumped on him from behind and he cannot see. He buys them off · K1714 entry
- Weak animal (man) makes large one (ogre) believe that he has eaten many of the large one's companions. The latter is frightened · K1715 entry
- Hare as ambassador of the moon. Hare claiming to be ambassador of moon shows elephant the moon irritated in a spring. Elephant is persuaded that the moon is angry · K1716 entry
- Big shoes in front of the barn. Man makes giant shoes and places them so that ogre thinks a giant lives there · K1717 entry
- Ogre overawed by hero's boasts about marvelous relatives · K1718 entry
- Hero proves himself a cannibal by trick vomit-exchange · K1721 entry
- Monkey pretends that his house always answers him · K1722 entry
- Goat pretends to be chewing rock. Frightens wolf · K1723 entry
- "St. George's Dogs" (wolves). The man says, "St. George's dogs are coming!" The ogre flees · K1725 entry