<b> <i>My father’s baptism</i> </b> (ATU 1962) and other lies in a topsy-turvy land (ATU 1875–1999)

Abstract In this article I examine some Greek versions of Tall Tales (ATU 1875–1999), not represented correctly either in the Greek or the international Index of Folktales. Consequently, the impression is created that many of the Tall Tales described in the international catalogue are unknown in Greece. For these Greek versions Georgios Megas (the compiler of the Greek catalogue of Folktales) created a new type: AT 1920 D*. However, a thorough study of them shows that they include many more episodes, motifs, and images from the strange world of Tall Τales included in the ATU 2004 edition and proves that many themes prevalent in other European countries were eventually known in Greece as well. I hope that this article will contribute to the comparative research of Tall Tales and to the very interesting topic of the upside-down world in oral folk literature.