Contest: shooting an unheard-of bird. The man sends his wife on all fours in tar and feathers. The ogre has never heard of such a bird — Mythoi

Motif

Contest: shooting an unheard-of bird. The man sends his wife on all fours in tar and feathers. The ogre has never heard of such a bird.

Deceptions. · Contests won by deception. · Hunting contest won by deception. · view the constellation · filed as K31.1

Cited in the index

general *Type 1092.

Within the index

Filed under Shooting contest won by deception.

Filed beside it

Shooting test won by deception: proof of good sight. A man puts a dead hare under a tree and shows it to his dog. He tells people to look at the hare under the tree. At the distance no one can see it. He tells them that he will shoot it. He shoots and has his dog bring the hare Shooting contest won by deception: bird substituted for arrows

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Tar and feathers as punishment. (Cf. K31.1, K216.2.)

Carried in tale types

Bringing an Unknown Animal (previously Who Can Bring an Unheard-of Riding-Horse) · ATU 1091 1 recorded variant

ask the rhapsode about this motif · search the shelf for “unheard-of” · wander