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- Making the earth smaller. Earth made too large. God learns from devil by trickery how to make it smaller. A852
- Origin of allusive expression for the story of gods' incest and trickery. A1599.16
- Magic object acquired by trickery. D830
- Magic object acquired through trickery: child forced to cry till object is given. D835
- Magic object acquired by trickery – miscellaneous. D839
- Man captures spirit by hiding his stick and leg-wrappers of copper. When spirit gets them back by trickery he disappears. F405.13
- Answer to riddle found by trickery. H573
- Problem of why certain person cannot sleep solved by trickery. H573.2
- Mowing contest won by trickery. The man takes the center of the field. The ogre is given a dull sickle and mows around the outside of the field. K42.2
- Selling by trickery: literal bargain. (Cf. K134.1.) K196
- Devil to release man for performing seemingly impossible task. The task is performed by trickery. K216
- Trickster gets strong drink by trickery in returning goods. K231.6.2
- Attention secured by trickery. K477
- Bloodthirsty animal by trickery admitted to fold: kills peaceful animal. K828
- Substitute for execution obtained by trickery. K841
- Substitute for execution obtained by trickery. Report that man executed just then will be king in heaven. K841.1
- Secret of person's sleeplessness discovered by trickery. N465.1
- Tribute as punishment for trickery. Q595.4.1
- Marriage for a night to evade law. In order to have girl escape unwelcome marriage, the hero agrees to marry her and give her up the next day. He puts up a large bond as pledge to give her up. But he gets hold of the money by trickery and keeps her. T156
- Father by trickery secures priest's advice to marry his own daughter. If a man raise a lamb, shall he eat it himself or let another eat it? T411.1.1