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Motif

Throwing contest won by deception.

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

Filed across the traditions
  • French Canadian Barbeau JAFL XXIX 21
  • Africa (Bankon) Ittman 88.
  • general *Fb "kaste" II 103a
Within the index

Filed under Athletic contest won by deception.

3 finer motifs beneath 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.) Throwing contest: bird substituted for stone. The ogre throws a stone; the hero a bird which flies out of sight
Filed beside it
Race won by deception Wrestling match won by deception Boxing match: fatal boxer defeated. All comers are challenged and all are killed until the hero defeats the challenger. (Argonauts and Amycus.) Rowing contest won by deception. The boat is already sawed through Climbing match won by deception Diving match won by deception Jumping contest won by deception Deceptive tug-of-war. Small animal challenges two large animals to a tug-of-war. Arranges it so that they unwittingly pull against each other (or one end of rope is tied to a tree) Deceptive shinny match Deception in swinging contest Flying contest won by deception Blowing contest won by deception Riding contest won by substitution Tournament won by deception on borrowed horse

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