μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Filed across the traditions
  • Indonesia DeVries's list No. 123.
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Filed under Athletic contest won by deception.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Diving match won by deception: breathing under brush. Trickster comes up and breathes under some floating brush, where he is not detected Diving match: trickster eats food while dupe is under water
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.) Rowing contest won by deception. The boat is already sawed through Climbing 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
Sun father-in-law Animal bribed with food. (Sop to Cerberus.) Animal as guard of person or house Guardian animals evaded Transformation: man to feather Protean beggar: Person assumes successive forms in order to beg Transformation combat. Fight between contestants who strive to outdo each other in successive transformations Transformation to reach difficult place Transformation to escape difficult situation Transformation to receive food Burning magically evaded. (Cf. D1656.) Resuscitation by arrangement of members. Parts of a dismembered corpse are brought together and resuscitation follows. (Sometimes combined with other methods.)

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