Deceptive drinking contest: hole for water. The trickster lets the water run out through a hole; the dupe drinks himself to death. (Cf. K81.1.) — Mythoi

Motif

Deceptive drinking contest: hole for water. The trickster lets the water run out through a hole; the dupe drinks himself to death. (Cf. K81.1.)

Deceptions. · Contests won by deception. · Contests in other physical accomplishments won by deception. · view the constellation · filed as K82.1

Filed across the traditions

Icelandic MacCulloch Eddic 93
Indonesia DeVries's list Nos. 49, 94.
general *Type 1088

Within the index

Filed under Deceptive drinking contest.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Deceptive drinking contest: rising and falling tide. Buffalo and heron wager as to which can drink the sea until the water falls. The buffalo drinks as the tide is coming in; the heron drinks in the falling tide and wins Attempted intoxication avoided by boring a hole in the bottom of cup

Filed beside it

Deceptive drinking contest: relative helpers. (Cf. K81.2.) Deceptive contest in drinking whisky. The man drinks water, the devil is given vinegar Deceptive drinking contest: pretended swallowing. One bullock keeps mouth in water. Other drinks self to death

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Deceptive eating contest: hole in bag. The hero slips his food into a bag and makes the ogre believe that he is the greater eater. (In many versions the hero cuts open the bag; the ogre imitates and kills himself.) (Cf. K82.1.)

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