Shooting contest won by deception

Motif

Shooting contest won by deception.

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

“He dressed himself for the journey and set out. He went to the home of the immor- tals at the edge of the world toward the east. When he got down to the shore on this side they saw him. One of them took out the canoe of red obsidian and stretched it until it was the proper size.™ He launched it and came across for him. When he had landed, the young man placed his hand on the bow and as he did so, the boat gave a creak, he was so strong.”

— Tales of the North American Indians, Tale 42 · served from our shelf receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

Attested across traditions

North American IndigenousTales of the North American Indians, Tale 42 receipt

Scholars’ trail — 2references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

PhilippineFansler MAFLS VII 137
N. Am. Indian*Thompson Tales 314 n. 142.

Within the index

Filed under Hunting contest won by deception.

3 finer motifs beneath it

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 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

Filed beside it

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Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

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