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K1611 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
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- 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
- Girl takes place of impostor in marriage bed; impostor's mother beats her, thinking she is heroine · K1611.3 entry
- Noose changed so that ogre's daughter is dragged to death · K1611.4 entry
- Kid puts one of tigress's cubs in his place: she eats the cub · K1611.5 entry
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