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K81 Deceptive eating contest
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- Deceptive eating contest: hole in bag. The hero slips his food into a bag and makes the ogre believe that he is the greater eater. (In many versions the hero cuts open the bag; the ogre imitates and kills himself.) (Cf. K82.1.) · K81.1 entry
- Deceptive eating contest: relative helpers. Trickster wins with the aid of substitutes. (Cf. K82.2.) · K81.2 entry
- Deceptive eating contest: inexhaustible food. Hero can produce unlimited food which opponents must eat · K81.3 entry
- Contest: who will eat least. Food secretly furnished one, but plan detected and foiled · K81.4 entry
keeps company
- Zeus gives man modesty, but it leaves when love enters · T1 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
- Heat test. Attempt to kill hero by burning him in fire · H1511 entry
- Wrestling match won by deception · K12 entry
attested in
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 41
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 49