μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Plowing contest won by deception: hare exchanged for horse. God and the devil contest in plowing. The devil plows with a horse, God with a hare. While the devil is asleep, God takes the devil's horse and plows the field. When he wakes, the devil thinks the hare has plowed so much and gladly trades his horse for the hare.

Deceptions. · Contests won by deception. · Labor contest won by deception. · view the constellation · filed as K41.1

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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.

  • general Dh I 192f.
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Filed under Plowing contest.

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Pig and dog as plowmen. Pig plows while dog sleeps. Then dog runs back and forth in furrow to claim victory

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