Contest in biting a stone. The ogre bites a stone; the man a nut — Mythoi

Motif

Contest in biting a stone. The ogre bites a stone; the man a nut.

Deceptions. · Contests won by deception. · Absurd contest won by deception. · view the constellation · filed as K63

Filed across the traditions

India Thompson-Balys
general *Types 1061, 1640
general BP I 68 n. 1, II 528
general Africa (Ila, Rhodesia): Smith and Dale II 387 No. 13.

Within the index

Filed under Absurd contest won by deception.

1 finer motif beneath it

Hero to eat iron grains. Substitutes soft food

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 squeezing water from a stone. The ogre squeezes a stone; the trickster a cheese or egg 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
Biting a Stone to Pieces · ATU 1061 1 recorded variant

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