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- Man cheats a god in throwing dice. A189.3
- Master says that he has eyes in back of head: servant cheats him. Holds up food to master's back and then not having objection raised, eats it. J1511.9
- Man challenges devil to race. Cheats him. K11.0.1
- Contest in jumping from the church tower. The devil is not to look behind him. The man runs downstairs (or otherwise cheats). K17.2
- God cheats devil at mowing. God mows with a chisel, the devil with a scythe. God deceives devil into changing scythe for chisel. K42.2.1
- Jackal cheats other animals of elephant they have killed together. K171.0.2
- Monkey cheats fox of his share of bananas. Climbs on a tree and tosses peelings down upon fox. K171.9
- God cheats the devil of his promised soul. The devil is to fill a cask full of money. God knocks the bottom out of the cask. K219.3
- Man cheats devil by giving him sole instead of soul. (Cf. E459.1.) K219.5
- Trickster cheats by pretending deafness. Palm rat, when asked to throw down nuts according to bargain, replies that he is deaf when eating. K231.15
- Man cheats devil of reward: to have man if he gets him at first grasp. Man holds cat which flies in devil's face. (Cf. K210.) K235.3
- Thefts and cheats – general. K300
- One thief entrusted with other thieves' money cheats them. K307.2
- Two cheats exchange articles as genuine and both find themselves cheated. (Cf. K306.) K421.3
- Clever girl discovers robber and cheats him. K434
- Other cheats. K440
- Trickster cheats rescuers into digging his well. The well that he has dug falls in. He throws his clothes into the hole and hides. People going to church think that man is drowned and dig the well out. K474
- Tortoise cheats leopard by substituting bundle of resin for bundle of meat. K476.1.2
- Additional cheats. K499
- Object with a hollow as instrument of cheats. K499.2