μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Felling the whole forest. Told to bring in a tree, the hero asks, "Why not the whole forest?" The ogre is frightened.

Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Deception through bluffing. · Ogre (large animal) overawed. · view the constellation · filed as K1741.1

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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.

  • SpanishEspinosa III Nos. 163–167
  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
  • general *Type 1049
  • general *BP III 333
Within the index

Filed under Bluff: hero professes to be able to perform much larger task than that assigned.

1 finer motif beneath it
Bluff: told to bring home a tree, hero prepares to bring home six
Filed beside it
A thousand at one shot. Told to shoot one or two wild boars, hero asks, "Why not a thousand at one shot?" The ogre is frightenedBringing the whole well. Told to get water, hero demands bucket large enough to bring in the whole well. The ogre is frightenedWrestler claims to be able even to carry away a mountain
Carried in tale types

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