The constellation
K942 Angry man kills his own horse by mistake. Trickster has shifted the places of his horse and that of the dupe
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- The Man who Got a Night's Lodging · ATU 1544
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- Man betrayed into eating his own children · K940.1 entry
- Man betrayed into killing his wife or grandmother · K940.2 entry
- Trickster's false report of high prices causes dupe to destroy his property · K941 entry
- Hermit (deceived by the devil) kills his own father, supposing him to be the devil · K943 entry
- Deceptive agreement to kill wives (children). Trickster shams the murder; dupe kills his · K944 entry
- Woman tricked into giving poison to her husband: thinks it a love-philtre · K945 entry
- Bird flies on head of dupe's child. Dupe strikes at bird and kills child · K946 entry
- King causes his own men to be burned and killed, by mistake or illusion · K947 entry
- King lured to send his sons on fatal quests and to kill nephews · K948 entry