μῦθοι Mythoi
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Scholars’ trail — 11references

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.

  • ChineseGraham
  • JapaneseIkeda
  • IndonesiaDeVries's list Nos. 102, 121
  • N. Am. IndianThompson CColl II 441, (Kalispel): Curtis N. Am. Indian VII iii, (Jicarilla Apache): Goddard PaAM VIII 236 No. 45
  • Africa (Vai)Ellis 189 No. 5, (Gold Coast): Barker and Sinclair 155 No. 30
  • JamaicaBeckwith MAFLS XVII 261 No. 60
  • general *Types 221, 250, 275
  • general *Dh IV 72ff., 91, 160ff.
  • general Wienert FFC LVI *54 (ET 139), 114 (ST 248)
  • general BP III 278, *339. Italian Novella: Rotunda
  • general American Negro (Virginia): Parsons JAFL XXXV 270f., (Pennsylvania): ibid. XXX 209, (North Carolina): ibid. XXX 189.
Within the index

Filed under Race won by deception.

Filed beside it
Man challenges devil to race. Cheats himRace 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.)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
Travels with
Flying contest won by deception: riding on the other. Wren hides in eagle's wings. (Cf. K11.2.)
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