Hero hidden and ogre deceived by his wife (daughter) when he says that he smells human blood.
Ogres. · Ogre defeated. · Ogre's relative aids hero. · view the constellation · filed as G532
“So Wemicus lay down and the man started to pick the lice. He took the cranberries from inside his shirt and each time he pretended to catch a louse, he cracked a cranberry and threw it on the ground, and so Wemicus got fooled a second time that day. Then they went home and Wemicus said to his son-in-law, “There are a whole lot of eggs on that rocky island where the gulls are. We will go get the eggs, come back, and have an egg supper.’’”
— Tales of the North American Indians, Tale 46 · served from our shelf receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan
Attested across traditions
- North American IndigenousTales of the North American Indians, Tale 46 receipt