The constellation
K825 Victim persuaded to hold out his tongue: cut off. Robbers induced by various excuses (to learn to sing, to learn foreign language, to have a hair taken off the tongue)
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- Cormorant's tongue pulled out by putting louse on it · K825.1 entry
- Elephant killed by cutting off trunk which is poked into cave after victims · K825.2 entry
- Man causes victim to bite his tongue off · K825.3 entry
- Man persuaded to hold out hand for alleged letter from king. Hand cut off · K825.4 entry
keeps company
- Deceptive scratching contest · K83 entry
- Trickster pollutes nest and brood of bird · K932 entry
- Rape · T471 entry
- Trickster's burnt flesh becomes gum on trees · A2731.1 entry
- Magic garment (robe, tunic) · D1052 entry
- Magic reawakening of memory. (Cf. D1360, D1910.) · D2006 entry
- Transformation to be put in food-bag · D657.1 entry
- Transformation to seduce · D658 entry
- Magic treasure animal killed. (Goose that laid the golden egg) · D876 entry
- Killed game revives and flies away · E161 entry
attested in
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 38