ATU 852 Lying Contest (previously The Hero Forces the Princess to Say, 'That is a Lie')

ATU 852

Lying Contest (previously The Hero Forces the Princess to Say, 'That is a Lie')

Aarne–Thompson–Uther tale-type index · Religious Tales · The full type description is not served here; the number and name are the classification facts.

Motifs the recorded variants carry

Plant grows to sky. (Jack and the Beanstalk). 2 variants
Suitor test: forcing princess to say, "That is a lie." 2 variants
Threat to tell of amorous intrigue used as blackmail. 2 variants
Lie: the large man. 2 variants
Lie: the great animal. 2 variants
Lie: remarkable ox or steer. 2 variants
Lie: the great cabbage. (Usually matched by tale of great pot to put cabbage in.) 2 variants
The great mushroom. 2 variants
Lie: river of honey. 2 variants
Man cuts off own head, picks it up and replaces it. (Cf. E783.) 2 variants
Lie: man makes drinking water from his own skull. 2 variants
Rope of sand (chaff). (Cf. F843.) 2 variants
Lie: man cuts ice with own head. 2 variants
Lie: the great stable: distance to stall. Cow has calf and the calf grows up and has calf before it can reach its stall. 1 variant

Type numbers and names after Aarne–Thompson–Uther, via Hagedorn, trilogy (2022), CC-BY-NC-SA; motif links weighted by the dataset’s recorded tale variants. Served as classification facts with attribution.