Lie: man makes drinking water from his own skull — Mythoi

Motif

Lie: man makes drinking water from his own skull.

Humor. · Humor of lies and exaggeration · Lies: logical absurdities. · Absurd disregard of anatomy. · view the constellation · filed as X1739.2

Cited in the index

general Type 852
general BP II 514.

Within the index

Filed under Absurd disregard of anatomy – miscellaneous.

Filed beside it

Person swallows pin or needle; it later emerges through skin of relative

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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