Hero proves himself a cannibal by trick vomit-exchange

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Hero proves himself a cannibal by trick vomit-exchange.

Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Deception through bluffing. · Ogre (large animal) overawed. · view the constellation · filed as K1721

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““Now you will live right here in the canyon where many arrows will be in front of you. Somebody might kill you,” Coyote told him. Owl hitched himself along into the canyon. “Arrows painted black may kill you,” said Coyote. Coyote went around in front of him and shot him with his own (Owl’s) arrows. After that everybody was afraid of Coyote, who went around killing off the people.”

— Tales of the North American Indians, Tale 34 · served from our shelf receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

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North American IndigenousTales of the North American Indians, Tale 34 receipt

Scholars’ trail — 4references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

IndiaThompson-Balys
N. Am. Indian*Thompson Tales 301 n. 102
general Dh III 142
general Africa (Ila, Rhodesia): Smith and Dale II 381 No. 7.

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2 finer motifs beneath it

Hero frightens dog into giving up eating men by pretending to eat own entrails Ant-eater deceives jaguar by excrement-exchange

Filed beside it

Ogre made to believe small hero is large: overawed Boys threaten to harness tiger. They have jumped on him from behind and he cannot see. He buys them off Weak animal (man) makes large one (ogre) believe that he has eaten many of the large one's companions. The latter is frightened Hare as ambassador of the moon. Hare claiming to be ambassador of moon shows elephant the moon irritated in a spring. Elephant is persuaded that the moon is angry Big shoes in front of the barn. Man makes giant shoes and places them so that ogre thinks a giant lives there Ogre overawed by hero's boasts about marvelous relatives Monkey pretends that his house always answers him Goat pretends to be chewing rock. Frightens wolf "St. George's Dogs" (wolves). The man says, "St. George's dogs are coming!" The ogre flees Giantess frightened of leaving cave because of hero's statue in entrance Tiger frightened at hearing unknown wind The bear trainer and his bear. (Schrätel und Wasserbär.) Ogre is driven out by hero's bear. The next year the ogre asks, "Is the big cat still living?" Hero says that it now has many kittens. Ogre is overawed Wages: as much as he can carry. To get rid of the boy the troll offers him as large wages as he is able to carry. Boy says that this will be too much, that he will be contented merely with what the troll can carry Ogre made to believe hero has withstood fire. Hero escapes and after the room he has been in is burned he returns and is found sitting in the ashes. "It was a bit hot," he says Dog pretends to be calling dog in the moon when he barks Troll bluffed away from christening. He is invited but told that guests will include the Virgin Mary, Thor the Thunderer, etc. He stays away but sends the finest present

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