μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Scratching contest with devil: man's wife shows scratches in her oak table.

Deceptions. · Contests won by deception. · Contests in other physical accomplishments won by deception. · view the constellation · filed as K83.1.1

Cited in the index
  • general Hdwb. d. Märchens I 193b.
Within the index

Filed under Scratching contest: man's wife shows wounds. The man sends his wife to meet the ogre with whom he is to have a scratching contest. She tells the ogre that her husband has gone to have his nails sharpened. She shows him deep wounds that her husband has scratched on her body (obscene). The ogre leaves in terror.

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