Deception by equivocation — Mythoi

Motif

Deception by equivocation.

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Filed across the traditions

Irish myth *Cross
Missouri French Carrière.

Within the index

7 finer motifs beneath it

The single cake. Restricted to a single cake during Lent, the peasants make one as large as a cart wheel Oath literally obeyed Death message softened by equivocations. Various false explanations are given to prepare the hearer One day and one night. Saint has tribute remitted for a day and a night, i.e. forever, because there is but one day and one night in time Peasant betrays fox by pointing. The peasant has hidden the fox in a basket and promised not to tell. When the hunters come, he says, "The fox just went over the hill," but points to the basket Thieves dig field and drain tank when miser says gold is hidden there Deception by equivocation – miscellaneous

Carried in tale types

The Tresspasser's Defense · ATU 1590 2 recorded variants
Cheater Caught by Seizing on his own Words · ATU 1588** 1 recorded variant

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