Contest: who can go deepest into the earth? Wren goes into mouse hole.
Deceptions. · Contests won by deception. · Athletic contest won by deception. · view the constellation · filed as K17.1.1
Motif
Cited in the index
- general *Type 221
- general *BP III 278
- general *Dh IV 169.
Within the index
Filed under Contest: jumping into the ground. A hole is already dug and covered with boughs.
Carried in tale types
- Test: who can Go Deepest in Earth The birds agree that whichever of them can go deepest in the earth will be their king · ATU 221B 1 recorded variant
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