Stith Thompson motif index · Motif

Thompson K185.8 — Land purchase: as much as can be plowed (fenced) in a certain time

K185.8
Thompson motif reference
K
Deceptions
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Associated ATU tale types
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Description

Motif

Land purchase: as much as can be plowed (fenced) in a certain time. *Fb "plove" II 850a, "ride" III 52b; cf. Olrik Danske Studier (1910) 4ff.; Icelandic: Hdwb. d. Märchens I 446b nn. 450—454, Mac Culloch Eddic 181, Boberg; Frisian: Lübbing Friesische Sagen 95.

Associated ATU tale types

Concordance

No ATU tale type in the current concordance points to this Thompson motif.

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← K185.7.3 — Deceptive land purchase: king, as reward for help in winning battle, promises wounded chieftain as much land as his chariot can travel around; bribes charioteer to turn back whenev




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