The constellation
K1601 Deceiver falls into his own trap (literally). Arranges a trap or pitfall but is himself caught
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● motif
● tale type
● on the shelf
● attested
The same sky, in words
filed under
- Deceiver falls into own trap · K1600 entry
beneath it
- Pitfall arranged but victim escapes it · K1601.1 entry
carried in tale type
- The Ogre's Pitfall · ATU 1117
filed beside
- Man falls into sacrificial grave prepared for others. Rich man orders poor people to dig a grave in order to bury all in it as sacrifice to avert famine. But a Christian frees them and promises those who become Christian a living. The rich man himself falls in the grave and dies · K1603 entry
- Thief-catcher caught by his own magic club · K1605 entry