Trickster gives a woman a knife to cut him a slice of white bread. He gets the whole loaf when he says that he has just cut a dog with the same knife — Mythoi

Motif

Trickster gives a woman a knife to cut him a slice of white bread. He gets the whole loaf when he says that he has just cut a dog with the same knife.

Deceptions. · Thefts and cheats. · Thefts. · Means of hoodwinking the guardian or owner. · view the constellation · filed as K344.1

Cited in the index

general Type 1578*.

Within the index

Filed under Owner persuaded that his goods are spoiled. (Cf. K355.)

4 finer motifs beneath it

The polluted fish. Servant places his one fish with Brahmin's entire catch; receives all since Brahmin considers all polluted The "spoiled" anchovies. Servant eats all of master's anchovies. When master asks for some, the servant brings in a covered dish, and tells him that the fish smell very bad. The master tells the servant to throw them away Trickster cuts up partridges with his knife. He is given all of them when he tells his companions that he is an executioner Trickster puts filth in food. May take it all

Filed beside it

Spoiling the rice-field with dung. Dupe persuaded that the dung has spoiled the field. He gives the field to the trickster Son-in-law steals father-in-law's pants by making latter believe he has dirtied them

Carried in tale types

The Inventive Beggar · ATU 1578* 1 recorded variant

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