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Motif
Filed across the traditions
  • Icelandic Boberg
  • N. Am. Indian *Thompson Tales 314 n. 137a.
  • general **Hackman En Finländsk-Svensk Saga av Östeuropeiskt Ursprung (Brages Årsskrift IV, Helsingfors 1910)
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Filed under Athletic contest won by deception.

5 finer motifs beneath it
Wrestling match won by deception: where to throw the ogre. The ogre squeezes the man so that his eyes bulge out. The ogre: "Why do you glare so?" – "I am looking to see where to throw you." The ogre flees (Cf. K18.1.) Wrestling match won by deception: bear as "grandfather." A man challenged by an ogre persuades the latter to wrestle with his old grandfather instead. By this he means a bear. (Cf. K11.6, K15.1.) Wrestling match: Antaeus. Giant invincible in wrestling because with each contact with earth his strength is renewed Wrestling match of man with fever. Man places stone image at wrestling-place; fever enters image and shatters it Wrestling between porcupine and deer. Deer defeated but always pleads illness
Filed beside it
Race 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
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Climbing match won by deception Diving match won by deception Harpooning contest won by deception Deceptive eating contest Zeus gives man modesty, but it leaves when love enters

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