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K815 Victim lured by kind words approaches trickster and is killed
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- Fox persuades cock to come down and talk to him. Kills him · K815.1 entry
- Spider invites wasp (fly) to rest on her "white curtain". Eats her · K815.2 entry
- Dogs listen to wolves' hypocritical words. Are killed · K815.3 entry
- Cat invites hens to a feast and kills them · K815.4 entry
- Owl invites cricket to share his nectar. Kills him · K815.5 entry
- Snake promises to do no harm to frog. Kills him · K815.6 entry
- Cat acts as judge between sparrow and hare; eats them both · K815.7 entry
- Hawk persuades doves to elect him their king. Kills them · K815.8 entry
- Tiger flatters cow into showing that she has few teeth. Kills her · K815.9 entry
- Weasel induces cuckoo to tell him that it cries at night when asleep. Hence weasels can kill cuckoos · K815.10 entry
- Wounded wolf persuades lamb to bring him a drink, adding that he will get his own food · K815.11 entry
- Boat lured to land with kind words and wrecked in order to take vengeance on the men · K815.12 entry
- Cat makes truce with mice. When they have become friendly, he eats them · K815.13 entry
- Fish tricked by crane into letting selves be carried from one pond to another. The crane eats them when they are in his power. (Cf. K713.1.2.) · K815.14 entry
- Cat lures young foxes from den with music. Kills them · K815.15 entry
- Jackal feigns holiness but seizes worshipping rats · K815.16 entry
- King of fishes eats his subjects as they pay him their respects day and night · K815.17 entry
- Serpent asks his victim to feed him with honey, then seizes and swallows him · K815.18 entry
- Victim told to stand ready by tree to catch bee nest as it falls; trickster throws club at him instead · K815.19 entry
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