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Motif

Race won by deception: relative helpers. One of the contestants places his relatives (or others that resemble him) in the line of the race. The opponent always thinks the trickster is just ahead of him. (Told of animals or of men; often of the hare and the turtle.)

Deceptions. · Contests won by deception. · Athletic contest won by deception. · view the constellation · filed as K11.1

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Scholars’ trail — 16references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

  • Finnish-SwedishHackman FFC VI No. 275*
  • LithuanianBalys Index No. 92*
  • SpanishEspinosa III 457f. – India: *Thompson-Balys
  • ChineseBasset Contes Berbères 139
  • JapaneseIkeda. – Indonesia: *Dixon 192, 334 n. 18, DeVries's list No. 120
  • PhilippineFansler MAFLS XII 445, (Tinguian): Cole 198. – N. Am. Indian: *Boas BBAE LIX 307, (Oaxaca, Mexico): Boas JAFL XXV 214
  • S. Am. Indian (Araucanian)Lehman-Nitsche Int. Cong. Americanists XIV 686, (Amazon): Alexander Lat Am. 288. – Africa (Cameroons): Mansfield 224, (Benga): Nassau 95 No. 5, (Kaffir): Kidd 239 No. 8, (Ila, Rhodesia): Smith and Dale II 390 No. 15, (Suk): Mervin The Suk 38, (Ibo, Nigeria): Basden 274, Thomas 153, (Vai): Ellis 199 No. 16
  • BahamaEdwards MAFLS III 69
  • Cape Verde Islands*Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 308 n. 1
  • Jamaica*Beckwith MAFLS XVII 261 No. 60, Jekyll 39ff.
  • American Negro (Georgia)Harris Remus 86 No. 18, (Virginia): Parsons JAFL XXXV 271, (North Carolina): Backus JAFL XI 284, Parsons JAFL XXX 174, (South Carolina): Stewart JAFL XXXII 394, Parsons MAFLS XVI 79, (Florida): Parsons JAFL XXX 225f.
  • general *Type 1074
  • general *Dh IV48
  • general Chauvin III 32
  • general *Parsons JAFL XXI 221 n. 2
  • general BP III 340ff., *343. – North Carolina: Brown Collection I 703
Within the index

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Man challenges devil to race. Cheats himRace won by deception: riding on the back. One contestant rides on the other's back. (Cf. K25.1.)Hare and tortoise race: sleeping hare. In a race between the fast and the slow animal, the fast animal sleeps on the road and allows the slow animal to pass himRace won by deception: chariot disabled. A rival in a chariot race inserts linchpins of wax instead of those of bronze in the hero's chariot. The latter is dragged to deathRace won by deception: sham-sick trickster. The trickster feigns lameness and receives a handicap in the race. He then returns and eats up the food which is the prizeRace won by deception: rabbit as "little son" substitute. A man challenged by an ogre to a running race persuades the ogre to race with his little son instead. By this he means a rabbit. (Cf. K12.2, K15.1.)Race won by deception: blinding opponent by spitting pepper into faceRace won by deception: bow and arrow. Certain goal to be touched. Man shoots arrow and winsObstacle race between deer and hare. Hare accused of removing obstacles from his course
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