The constellation
K251 Deceptive damage claims
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- Other deceptive bargains · K250 entry
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- The eaten grain and the cock as damages. A trickster has only a grain of corn; this is eaten by a cock, which he demands and receives as damages. Likewise when a hog eats the cock and the ox eats the hog · K251.1 entry
- Trickster demands return of food guest has just eaten: gets damages · K251.2 entry
- Damages claimed for loss of a charm. Princess lets trickster's fly (alleged to be a charm) escape · K251.3 entry
- Damages for supposedly lost horse. Horse concealed by owner in loft of stable at inn · K251.4 entry
- Damages for accidentally broken water pot: to pay for elephant · K251.5 entry
- Payment to lame man who claims that man's father lamed him · K251.6 entry