M29z2. Gypsy - a cunning winner. .27.28.32.

The Gypsy defeats or outwits powerful opponents through cunning.

Balkans. Bosnians [M199]; Bulgarians [M114d, M147A]; Romanians [M198B]; Hungarians [M199c1].

Central Europe. Czechs [M199, M199d, M199K]; Slovaks [M114d, M199, M199b]; Poles [a gypsy was led to the gallows; he asks to be allowed to dance before he dies; he runs away; he spends the night at a peasant’s house, puts his feet on the pillows instead of his head; they saved his head, so they are given greater honor]: Shcherbakov 1980: 269; Russians (Arkhangelsk: Pinega) [M152]; Russians (Olonets) [M152, M199]; Russians (Novgorod) [M199]; Russians (Vladimir) [M199]; Russians (Voronezh) [M199]; Ukrainians (Hutsulshchyna) [M152, M199, M199c, M199K]; Ukrainians (Podolia) [M199, M199c]; Ukrainians (Kharkiv) [M199], Ukrainians (Poltava) [M199c]

Volga - Perm. Udmurts [M152]; Kazan Tatars [M199].