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Motifs
- Advice from magician (fortune-teller, etc.). (Cf. D1711, D1810.0.2, D1817.) D1814.1
- Jokes on fortune-tellers. X461
- Fortune-teller shows others how to get rich but remains poor himself. (Cf. J1062.) X461.1
- The teller reduces the size of his lie. X904
- Catch tales. The manner of the telling forces the hearer to ask a particular question, to which the teller returns a ridiculous answer. Z13
- Tale-teller frightens listener: yells "Boo" at exciting point. Z13.1
- Catch tale: teller is killed in his own story. Z13.2