The constellation
K46 Tree-pulling contest
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The same sky, in words
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keeps company
- Escape by shamming death: blood and brains. The trickster covers himself with paint (or the like) so that he will be thought to have bled to death (or with milk so that it will be thought that his brains have been knocked out) · K522.1 entry
- Substitute smoker. The hero is compelled to smoke a fatal pipe, but the helpful insect which he carries on his head smokes the pipe for him · K528.1 entry
- Deceptive eating contest · K81 entry
- Magic spittle · D1001 entry
- Magic excrements · D1002 entry
- Magic tears · D1004 entry
- Magic ornament provides treasure · D1456 entry
- Magic building provides treasure · D1457 entry
- Old man of the sea. Burr-woman. Ogre who jumps on one's back and sticks there magically · G311 entry
- Quest assigned because of feigned dream · H1212.1 entry
attested in
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 49