Dupe persuaded to steal food: cannot escape.
Deceptions. · Deception into self-injury. · Deception into disastrous attempt to procure food. · view the constellation · filed as K1022
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Wolf overeats in the cellar (smokehouse). Cannot escape through the entrance holeWolf tied to cow's horns. The fox ties one end of the rope around the wolf's neck, the other to the cow they intend to eat. The cow drags the wolf to the house where the man skins itBear throws hens to the fox, falls from the roof-beam, and is beatenWolf brings cake from the window-sill. He imitates the fox in so doing, but rings a bell, so that he is beatenTurtle induced to rob in a man's gardenFox eats cake: gets brass pot caught on neckThieving wolf persuaded to stick head through handle of jar of wine so as to be able to carry it off and also sing
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The tail fisher. The bear is persuaded to fish with his tail through a hole in the ice. When he is attacked and tries to escape, he loses his tailGetting honey from the wasp-nest. The dupe is stungBeginning with the smallest. Animals are to eat one another up to avoid starvation. The fox persuades them to start with the smallestEating his own entrails. The fox persuades the wolf to do soDupe imitates trickster's thefts and is caughtDupe made to sit on hot stoneHot porridge in the ogre's throat. He is tricked into burning his throatDupe persuaded to climb rope for food: rope breaksStone (hard fruit) thrown into greedy dupe's mouthTrickster pretends to give dupe magic power to produce food. Injures himDupe injures self on fence of thorns surrounding food-plants