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Motif

Stone (hard fruit) thrown into greedy dupe's mouth.

Deceptions. · Deception into self-injury. · Deception into disastrous attempt to procure food. · view the constellation · filed as K1035

Filed across the traditions
  • India Thompson-Balys
  • Japanese Anesaki 330
  • Africa (Hottentot) Bleek 10 No. 4, (Ila, Rhodesia): Smith and Dale II 387 No. 13.
Within the index

Filed under Deception into disastrous attempt to procure food.

Filed beside it
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 tail Dupe persuaded to steal food: cannot escape Getting honey from the wasp-nest. The dupe is stung Beginning with the smallest. Animals are to eat one another up to avoid starvation. The fox persuades them to start with the smallest Eating his own entrails. The fox persuades the wolf to do so Dupe imitates trickster's thefts and is caught Dupe made to sit on hot stone Hot porridge in the ogre's throat. He is tricked into burning his throat Dupe persuaded to climb rope for food: rope breaks Trickster pretends to give dupe magic power to produce food. Injures him Dupe injures self on fence of thorns surrounding food-plants

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