Throwing contest: bird substituted for stone. The ogre throws a stone; the hero a bird which flies out of sight — Mythoi

Motif

Throwing contest: bird substituted for stone. The ogre throws a stone; the hero a bird which flies out of sight.

Deceptions. · Contests won by deception. · Athletic contest won by deception. · view the constellation · filed as K18.3

Filed across the traditions

Lappish Qvigstad Lappiske Eventyr II 237, 251
French Canadian Barbeau JAFL XXIX 95
Philippine Fansler MAFLS XII 51
N. Am. Indian Thompson CColl II 431ff., (Navaho): Matthews MAFLS V 84
Africa Meinhof Afrikanische Märchen 178, (Jaunde): Nekes 252.
general *Type 1062
general BP I 148

Within the index

Filed under Throwing contest won by deception.

Filed beside it

Throwing contest: trickster shouts. He is trying to warn the people beyond the sea with his cry. The ogre is intimidated. (Cf. K12.1.) Throwing contest: golden club on the cloud. Trickster shows the ogre the club he has thrown. (Really only a bright spot on the cloud.) (Cf. K1746.)

Carried in tale types

The Brave Tailor · ATU 1640 2 recorded variants
Throwing a Stone · ATU 1062 1 recorded variant

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