Race won by deception — Mythoi

Motif

Race won by deception.

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

Filed across the traditions

Icelandic MacCulloch Eddic 93, Boberg
Missouri French Carrière
general *Dh IV 46ff.
general *BP III 339ff.
general *Von den Steinen Zs. f. Vksk. XXV 275
general *Fb "væddeløb"
general N. Am. Indian (Southern Ute): Lowie JAFL XXXVII 70 No. 40.

Within the index

Filed under Athletic contest won by deception.

10 finer motifs beneath it

Man challenges devil to race. Cheats him 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.) Race 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 him Race 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 death Race 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 prize Race 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 face Race won by deception: bow and arrow. Certain goal to be touched. Man shoots arrow and wins Obstacle race between deer and hare. Hare accused of removing obstacles from his course

Filed beside it

Wrestling match won by deception Boxing match: fatal boxer defeated. All comers are challenged and all are killed until the hero defeats the challenger. (Argonauts and Amycus.) Rowing contest won by deception. The boat is already sawed through Climbing match won by deception Diving match won by deception Jumping contest won by deception Throwing contest won by deception Deceptive tug-of-war. Small animal challenges two large animals to a tug-of-war. Arranges it so that they unwittingly pull against each other (or one end of rope is tied to a tree) Deceptive shinny match Deception in swinging contest Flying contest won by deception Blowing contest won by deception Riding contest won by substitution Tournament won by deception on borrowed horse

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