Lie: river of honey

Motif

Lie: river of honey.

Humor. · Humor of lies and exaggeration · Lies about geography and topography. · Lies about water features. · view the constellation · filed as X1547.2

Cited in the index

general Type 852
general BP II 515.

Within the index

Filed under Lie: remarkable river.

1 finer motif beneath it

Lie: honey flows up high mountain

Filed beside it

Lie: round river: runs in circle without outlet

Carried in tale types

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

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