Gods tricked into help in escaping one's fate — Mythoi

Motif

Gods tricked into help in escaping one's fate.

Deceptions. · Other deceptions. · Miscellaneous deceptions. · view the constellation · filed as K2371.2

Filed across the traditions

India *Thompson-Balys.
general *Penzer VI 92 n. 2, IX 25 n. 1

Within the index

Filed under Deceiving the higher powers (God, the saints, the gods, fate).

Filed beside it

Heaven entered by a trick Ingeniously worded boon asked of God combines riches, issue, and restoration of eyesight: "Oh God! I want to see from above the seventh story of my mansion my great-grandsons playing in the streets and eating their cakes from golden vessels." Dog sent ahead so as to avoid seeing husband transformed. (Cf. S241.1.)

Carried in tale types

Outwitting Fate · ATU 934D 1 recorded variant

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