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Motifs — first 20 of 121
- 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