Lie: the great cabbage. (Usually matched by tale of great pot to put cabbage in.)

Motif

Lie: the great cabbage. (Usually matched by tale of great pot to put cabbage in.)

Humor. · Humor of lies and exaggeration · Lies about plants, fruits, vegetables, and trees. · Lies about vegetables. · view the constellation · filed as X1423.1

Filed across the traditions

Italian Novella Rotunda.
general *Type 1960D
general *Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin II 220 No. 454

Within the index

Filed under Lies about cabbages.

Carried in tale types

Lying Contest (previously The Hero Forces the Princess to Say, 'That is a Lie') · ATU 852 2 recorded variants
The Great Vegetable · ATU 1960D 1 recorded variant

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