The returned box on the ears. At table each gives his neighbor a box on the ears. The soldier is to give it to the king, but he returns it to the courtier from whom he has received it — Mythoi

Motif

The returned box on the ears. At table each gives his neighbor a box on the ears. The soldier is to give it to the king, but he returns it to the courtier from whom he has received it.

Deceptions. · Other deceptions. · Miscellaneous deceptions. · view the constellation · filed as K2376

Filed across the traditions

Lithuanian Balys Index No. 924B*
Russian Andrejev No. 1637*.
general Anderson FFC XLII 360

Within the index

Filed under Miscellaneous deceptions.

Filed beside it

Deceiving the higher powers (God, the saints, the gods, fate) Enemies reconciled by gifts which the one's son tells are sent from the other Entering a garden by swimming down a stream that flows into it Temporary advantage gained by pretending to yield in a combat Ruler diverts attention from misgovernment by beginning a war One animal injures another by deception Tying cat to balky horse's tail to make him move Man tricked to be one's sworn brother in order to secure his help against his mother Demon enters person and refuses to leave until wishes have been fulfilled Attempt to kill by throwing knife

Carried in tale types

Box on the Ear Returned · ATU 1557 1 recorded variant

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