The constellation
K730 Victim trapped
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- Animal trapped through curiosity as to what the trap is · K730.1 entry
- Frog causes deer to dance into snare · K730.2 entry
- Leopard traps lion by having two doors to cave, one large, one small. Lion enters large entrance and leopard leaves by small and attacks back of lion · K730.3 entry
- Tortoise leads elephant down wrong trail into trap · K730.4 entry
- Birds led into trap by promise of a feast · K730.5 entry
- Wildboar captured in church · K731 entry
- Intruder captured in chimney. Burned · K732 entry
- Capture in pitfall. (Cf. B361.) · K735 entry
- Snapping door. Traps victims · K736 entry
- Capture by closing entrance to victim's home · K737 entry
- Capture by tarbaby. An image covered with tar (or other adhesive substance) captures the intruder who addresses it and finally strikes it so that he sticks to it · K741 entry
- Capture between branches of tree. Small animal lures large one, who cannot get loose · K742 entry
- Victim captured in a noose · K743 entry
- Victim burned in building · K745 entry
carried in tale type
- Rhampsinitus · ATU 950