Contest in squeezing water from a stone. The ogre squeezes a stone; the trickster a cheese or egg — Mythoi

Motif

Contest in squeezing water from a stone. The ogre squeezes a stone; the trickster a cheese or egg.

Deceptions. · Contests won by deception. · Absurd contest won by deception. · view the constellation · filed as K62

Filed across the traditions

Danish Kristensen Danske Sagn I (1892) 438
Philippine Fansler MAFLS XII 51
Malay Hambruch Malaiische Märchen 109
Africa Frobenius Atlantis IX 289
American Negro (Georgia) Harris Remus 146 No. 30.
general *Types 1060, 1640
general *BP I 148
general *Fb "sten" III 554a, "øst" II 763a
general Caucasian: Dirr Kaukasische Märchen 7 No. 2

Within the index

Filed under Absurd contest won by deception.

Filed beside it

Contest in pushing hole in tree: hole prepared beforehand. Hero and ogre to vie in pushing a hole in a tree with their heads Contest in biting a stone. The ogre bites a stone; the man a nut Contest: 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 contests Absurd contest won by deception – miscellaneous

Carried in tale types

The Brave Tailor · ATU 1640 2 recorded variants
Squeezing the (Supposed) Stone · ATU 1060 1 recorded variant

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