Lie: the great egg. (Cf. B31.1.1.)
Humor. · Humor of lies and exaggeration · Miscellaneous lies and exaggerations. · Tall tales about miscellaneous objects. · view the constellation · filed as X1813
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
- Germanic Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes , Tale 197 197.— THE CEYSTAL BALL.
- Indic The Mahābhārata , Book 12, Section CCCXXXIX
- Norse The Story of the Volsungs (Volsunga Saga) , XIII
- Hermetic / Alchemical Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Volume I: Prolegomena , Chapter VII: The Myth of Man in the Mysteries
Filed across the traditions
- U.S. Baughman
- India Thompson-Balys.
- general *Fb "æg" III 1142a
Within the index
Filed under Tall tales about miscellaneous objects.
Filed beside it
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Carried in tale types
- The Great Egg · ATU 1960L 1 recorded variant
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