μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Bringing the whole well. Told to get water, hero demands bucket large enough to bring in the whole well. The ogre is frightened.

Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Deception through bluffing. · Ogre (large animal) overawed. · view the constellation · filed as K1741.3

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Spanish Espinosa III Nos. 163–167.
  • 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 water in an ox skin, hero prepares to dig a canal
Filed beside it
Felling the whole forest. Told to bring in a tree, the hero asks, "Why not the whole forest?" The ogre is frightened 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 frightened Wrestler claims to be able even to carry away a mountain
Carried in tale types

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