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Motif

Rowing contest won by deception. The boat is already sawed through.

Deceptions. · Contests won by deception. · Athletic contest won by deception. · view the constellation · filed as K14

Cited in the index
  • general Type 1087.
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Filed under Athletic contest won by deception.

1 finer motif beneath it
Rowing contest won by deception: magic boat
Filed beside it
Race won by deception 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.) 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
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Person cuts drawbridge partly through. Giant falls into moat. (Cf. K14, K1431, K1961.1.3.)
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