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Motifs — first 20 of 21
- God of trades and professions. A450
- God of trades and professions – miscellaneous. A459
- Workmen and tradesmen of hell. A677
- Origin of different trades. A1650.3
- Toad trades his tail for mole's eyes. A2247.5
- A farmer who trades horses with the devil is cheated. G303.25.12
- Man trades his only horse for a set of harness. J2085.1.1
- Three stupid sons sent out into the world to learn trades: hunter kills his father; musician plays and dances at his father's death, etc. J2499.7
- 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
- Owner trades a blind horse. He gives a description that is literally correct. K134.5
- Person trades a dead horse. K134.7
- One lover disguised and carried out of house by other. The wife has the lover put on a robe and stand in the corner; she tells the husband that a tradesman has left the robe and will return for it. The other lover comes and she gives him the "robe". K1517.1.1
- Treacherous officers and tradesmen. K2240
- Other treacherous officers and tradesmen. K2249
- Disguise as carpenter (tradesman) to enter enemy's camp. (Cf. K1816.11.) K2357.12
- Trades and professions. P400
- Other trades and professions. P460
- Man trades an egg for a needle, demands treat of a gill of rum, the traditional reward for traders. The storekeeper gives him the rum; he asks for an egg in it. The storekeeper breaks an egg (the one he has just traded the needle for) into the rum. It has two yolks; the trader asks for two needles. W154.26.1
- Humor dealing with tradesmen. X200
- Jokes about other artisans and tradesmen. X250