The constellation
K1605 Thief-catcher caught by his own magic club
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- Deceiver falls into own trap · K1600 entry
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- Deceiver falls into his own trap (literally). Arranges a trap or pitfall but is himself caught · K1601 entry
- 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
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- 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
- Pitfall arranged but victim escapes it · K1601.1 entry
- Deceiver falls into his own trap (literally). Arranges a trap or pitfall but is himself caught · K1601 entry
- Deceiver falls into own trap · K1600 entry
- Deceiver falls into his own trap – miscellaneous incidents · K1610 entry
- Substituted caps cause ogre to kill his own children. The hero and heroine change places in bed with the ogre's children and put on them their caps so that the ogre is deceived · K1611 entry
- Substituted string causes ogre to be killed. Intended victim of cannibal is marked by thread around ankle. Changed in night to host · K1611.1 entry
- Guest to be killed suspects plot and forces host to sleep in his bed. Brothers come home and kill their father · K1611.2 entry