The constellation
K2172 Rats cause cats to be killed. The rats unite and all go to houses together, increasing or decreasing their ravages with the increase or decrease in the number of cats. Thus the cats are suspected of the damage and are killed
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- Innocent made to appear guilty · K2150 entry
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- The corpse handed around. (The thrice-killed corpse.) Dupes are accused of murder when the corpse is left with them. The trickster is paid to keep silent · K2151 entry
- Unresponsive corpse. Corpse is set up so that dupe addresses it and when it does not respond knocks it over. He is accused of murder. Most references to K2151 apply to this motif as well · K2152 entry
- Trickster wounds self and accuses others · K2153 entry
- Evidence of crime left so that dupe is blamed · K2155 entry
- Innocent man compelled to write treasonable letter. It brings about his death sentence · K2156 entry
- Sham blind man throws suspicion on real blind. He admits his deception so that his companion, who is really blind, is punished · K2165 entry
- The dog receives the blows. The cat steals a sausage from the table but the dog receives the blows from the mistress · K2171 entry
- Grandmother causes grandchildren to be whipped: puts dirt and hairs into cooking pot by stealth and sand in the water they draw · K2175 entry
- [First Edition: K2190. Other false accusations.] · K2190[1st ed.] entry