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Motifs — first 20 of 29
- Trickster's burnt flesh becomes gum on trees. A2731.1
- Animals killed by trickster's breaking wind. F981.3
- The laughing ass. King has trickster's horse's tail cut off. Trickster retaliates by cutting off part of upper lip of king's ass. At trial the animals are brought forth. Everyone laughs at the ass. Trickster: "If everyone laughs at the ass, how could the ass help laughing at her companion without a tail?" Freed. J1169.5
- Trickster's interrupted feast revenged. He is asked a question by his master each time he tries to eat a date, so that he always has to spit out the date. He revenges himself that night when the master tries to carry on an intrigue with his wife's maid. He comes with his answers at embarrassing moments. J1564.1
- Foolish demon sees his reflection in trickster's mirror and is convinced he has been captured. J1795.1
- Sleeping trickster's feast stolen. Before eating his booty the numskull sleeps. J2173.1
- Trickster's false creations fail him. A trickster creates men from his excrements (or the like). They melt in the sun. J2186
- Trickster's greed while hunting causes him to be deserted. J2751
- Damages claimed for loss of a charm. Princess lets trickster's fly (alleged to be a charm) escape. K251.3
- Owner frightened from goods by trickster's ferocious animal. Pretended dog is really a lion. K335.0.6
- Owner frightened from goods by trickster's summons of wild buffalo herd. K335.0.13
- Cozening. Trickster's claim of relationship causes owner to relax vigilance. Goods stolen. K347
- Theft by trickster's trained animal. K366
- Trickster exacts beautiful wife from curious people. They look into a carriage in which it is falsely said there is a princess. Trickster's dead wife is in the carriage. K443.6.1
- Unjust umpire as trickster's confederate. (Cf. K455.7.) K451
- The wager that sheep are hogs. A trickster wagers with a sheep driver that the sheep he is driving are hogs. The next man to overtake them will act as umpire. The trickster's confederate now arrives and declares that they are hogs. K451.2
- Trickster's confederate gives fabulous appraisal to worthless piece of glass. Priest is duped into buying it as a diamond. K451.4
- Dupe persuaded to ride on trickster's back: captured. (Cf. J651.1.) K726
- Deception by having victim pick trickster's teeth. K773
- Fatal deception into trickster's power. K810