121 motifs match “deception” — showing the first 100; narrow the words for the rest  ·  back to the chapters

• Deception revealed in dream. (Cf. D1810.8.) D1819.2
• Literary contest won by deception: he who will be first silenced is the loser. When the false teacher answers in nonsense syllables, the true scholar is speechless and so loses contest. H507.6
• Self-deception of the lowly. J953
• Contest won by deception – general. K0
• Contest with magician won by deception. K5
• Athletic contest won by deception. K10
• Race won by deception. K11
• Race won by deception: relative helpers. One of the contestants places his relatives (or others that resemble him) in the line of the race. The opponent always thinks the trickster is just ahead of him. (Told of animals or of men; often of the hare and the turtle.) K11.1
• Race won by deception: riding on the back. One contestant rides on the other's back. (Cf. K25.1.) K11.2
• Race won by deception: chariot disabled. A rival in a chariot race inserts linchpins of wax instead of those of bronze in the hero's chariot. The latter is dragged to death. K11.4
• Race won by deception: sham-sick trickster. The trickster feigns lameness and receives a handicap in the race. He then returns and eats up the food which is the prize. K11.5
• Race won by deception: rabbit as "little son" substitute. A man challenged by an ogre to a running race persuades the ogre to race with his little son instead. By this he means a rabbit. (Cf. K12.2, K15.1.) K11.6
• Race won by deception: blinding opponent by spitting pepper into face. K11.7
• Race won by deception: bow and arrow. Certain goal to be touched. Man shoots arrow and wins. K11.8
• Wrestling match won by deception. K12
• Wrestling match won by deception: where to throw the ogre. The ogre squeezes the man so that his eyes bulge out. The ogre: "Why do you glare so?" – "I am looking to see where to throw you." The ogre flees (Cf. K18.1.) K12.1
• Wrestling match won by deception: bear as "grandfather." A man challenged by an ogre persuades the latter to wrestle with his old grandfather instead. By this he means a bear. (Cf. K11.6, K15.1.) K12.2
• Rowing contest won by deception. The boat is already sawed through. K14
• Rowing contest won by deception: magic boat. K14.1
• Climbing match won by deception. K15
• Climbing match won by deception: squirrel as "child". The ogre agrees to contest against the man's young one, i.e., a squirrel. (Cf. K11.6, K12.2.) K15.1
• Diving match won by deception. K16
• Diving match won by deception: breathing under brush. Trickster comes up and breathes under some floating brush, where he is not detected. K16.1
• Jumping contest won by deception. K17
• Throwing contest won by deception. K18
• Deception in swinging contest. K24
• Flying contest won by deception. K25
• Flying contest won by deception: riding on the other. Wren hides in eagle's wings. (Cf. K11.2.) K25.1
• Blowing contest won by deception. K26
• Tournament won by deception on borrowed horse. K28
• Hunting contest won by deception. K30
• Shooting contest won by deception. K31
• Shooting test won by deception: proof of good sight. A man puts a dead hare under a tree and shows it to his dog. He tells people to look at the hare under the tree. At the distance no one can see it. He tells them that he will shoot it. He shoots and has his dog bring the hare. K31.2
• Shooting contest won by deception: bird substituted for arrows. K31.3
• Trapping contest won by deception. K32
• Harpooning contest won by deception. K33
• Labor contest won by deception. K40
• Plowing contest won by deception: hare exchanged for horse. God and the devil contest in plowing. The devil plows with a horse, God with a hare. While the devil is asleep, God takes the devil's horse and plows the field. When he wakes, the devil thinks the hare has plowed so much and gladly trades his horse for the hare. K41.1
• Sewing contest won by deception. K47
• Sewing contest won by deception: the long thread. The ogre sews with the whole length of the thread. When he returns from the first stitch, the tailor has his task finished. K47.1
• Contest in bridge-building won by deception. K48
• Endurance contest won by deception. K50
• Waking contest won by deception. K51
• Absurd contest won by deception. K60
• Absurd contest won by deception – miscellaneous. K69
• Contest in strength won by deception. K70
• Contests in other physical accomplishments won by deception. K80
• Other contests won by deception. K90
• Gambling contest won by deception. K92
• Finger-drying contest won by deception. Three daughters are to wet hands; the first to have hands dry is to be the first to marry. The youngest waves her hands, exclaiming, "I don't want a man!" She wins. K95
• Duel won by deception. K97
• Beauty contest won by deception. K98
• Beauty contest won by deception: other contestants covered with leaves. K98.1
• Deception through pseudo-simple bargain. K170
• Deception in payment of debt. K200
• Other deceptions in the payment of debt. K230
• Deceptions in payment of debt – miscellaneous. K249
• Deception into giving false credit. K455
• Deception into listening to speaker. He secures the audience's attention by beginning a tale. He then launches into his speech. K477.2
• Escape from death or danger by deception. K500
• Capture by deception. K700
• Deception into entering bag. K711
• Deception into magic bag which closes on prisoner. K711.1
• Deception into allowing oneself to be fettered. K713
• Deception into allowing oneself to be tied. K713.1
• Deception into putting on a collar. K713.2
• Deception into entering box (or prison). K714
• Deception into allowing oneself to be hanged. ("Show me how!") Executioner must show the hero how to use the gallows. The hero hangs the executioner. K715
• Deception into bottle (vessel). Insects (or a spirit) having escaped from a bottle are told that they cannot return. They accept the challenge and go back into the bottle. K717
• Deception by having victim pick trickster's teeth. K773
• Killing or maiming by deception. K800
• Fatal deception into trickster's power. K810
• Deception by hiding weapons. K818.4
• Fatal deception into trickster's power – miscellaneous. K839
• Deception into fatal substitution. K840
• Fatal deception by narcotic (intoxication). K870
• Fatal deception by giving narcotic. K873
• Deception by pretended lousing. K874
• Fatal deception by pretended combing of victim's hair. K875
• Deception into killing own family or animals. K940
• Secret of external soul learned by deception. K975.2
• Fatal deception: changed message from oracle. K981
• Deception into self-injury. K1000
• Deception through false doctoring. K1010
• Deception into disastrous attempt to procure food. K1020
• Deceptions into self injury – miscellaneous. K1110
• Deception into humiliating position. K1200
• Deception into humiliating position – miscellaneous. K1240
• Deception connected with adultery. K1500
• Adulteress uses the public baths as a meeting-place with her lover. A naive remark by her child exposes the deception to the husband. K1587
• Substituted arrows. Hero given arrows with soft points and sent after dangerous enemies. The deception discovered and the enemy discomfited. K1617
• Deception through bluffing. K1700
• Deception by disguise or illusion. K1800
• Deception by disguise. K1810
• Deception by pretended faint. K1818.6
• Other deceptions by disguise. K1839
• Deception by substitution. K1840
• Deception by substitution: wife substitutes calf for beggar whom drunken husband wants to catch and abuse. K1846
• Deception by substitution of children. K1847
• Deception by feigned death (sleep). K1860