Absurd contest won by deception.
Deceptions. · Contests won by deception. · Absurd contest won by deception. · view the constellation · filed as K60
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Contest in pushing hole in tree: hole prepared beforehand. Hero and ogre to vie in pushing a hole in a tree with their headsContest in squeezing water from a stone. The ogre squeezes a stone; the trickster a cheese or eggContest in biting a stone. The ogre bites a stone; the man a nutContest: pulling on steak with teeth. Two men take an end of a steak in their teeth; each attempts to pull it away from the other. After each has a good hold, the Irishman says (with clenched teeth) "Noo're ready?" The Dutchman says, "Yah!", loses the steak. (Cf. K22, K561.1.)Dream contestsAbsurd contest won by deception – miscellaneous