μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

God cheats devil at mowing. God mows with a chisel, the devil with a scythe. God deceives devil into changing scythe for chisel.

Deceptions. · Contests won by deception. · Labor contest won by deception. · view the constellation · filed as K42.2.1

Filed across the traditions
  • Lithuanian Balys Legends No. 138.
Within the index

Filed under Mowing contest won by trickery. The man takes the center of the field. The ogre is given a dull sickle and mows around the outside of the field.

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