Master brought to say, "You lie!" — Mythoi

Motif

Master brought to say, "You lie!"

Humor. · Humor of lies and exaggeration · Humor of lies and exaggeration. · view the constellation · filed as X905.1

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Indic The Mahābhārata , Book 1, Section III

Filed across the traditions

Lithuanian Balys Index No. 1920D*
Russian Andrejev No. 1920D*
Prussian Plenzat 78
Estonian Aarne FFC XXV 119 No. 27
Livonian Loorits FFC LXVI 51 No. 89
India *Thompson-Balys.
general Type 1920C

Within the index

Filed under Lying contests.

Filed beside it

Greatest liar made king of Schlaraffenland. (Cf. X1503.) Claim of property based on unusual lie The liar: "I have no time to lie today"; lies nevertheless

Carried in tale types

'That Is a Lie!' (previously The Master and the Farmer) · ATU 1920C 1 recorded variant

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