μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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  • SpanishBoggs FFC XC 47 No. 326, Espinosa II Nos. 136–138.
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Filed under Deceiver falls into his own trap – miscellaneous incidents.

1 finer motif beneath it
"Big 'Fraid and Little 'Fraid." Man decides to frighten another (or his son or servant). He dresses in a sheet; his pet monkey puts on a sheet and follows him. The person who is doing the scaring hears the victim say, "Run Big Fraid, run; Little Fraid'll get you." The scarer sees the monkey in the sheet, runs home. (Cf. K1833.)
Filed beside it
Substituted caps cause ogre to kill his own children. The hero and heroine change places in bed with the ogre's children and put on them their caps so that the ogre is deceivedMessage of death fatal to sender. (Gang nach dem Eisenhammer.) A man is sent by the king to burners of a kiln who have been instructed to throw the first arrival into the fire. The intended victim goes elsewhere and the king's son (or the man's accuser), who next arrives, is burned insteadPoisoner poisoned with his own poisonFather delivering daughter to be eaten by cannibal is himself eatenOgre's own moccasins burned. The ogre plans to burn the hero's moccasins while they are camping together, but the hero exchanges the moccasinsMarooned man reaches home and outwits maroonerSubstituted arrows. Hero given arrows with soft points and sent after dangerous enemies. The deception discovered and the enemy discomfitedDeceiver in swinging contest killed. Old woman planning to kill hero in swinging game by cutting rope is killed when hero cuts the rope firstTiger in sheep's clothing stolen by sheep-thiefThief climbing rope discovered and rope cut. He has tricked the guardian of the food-supply in the tree (by imitation of the owner's voice or the discovered pass-word) to let down the ropeLawyer agrees to pay debt on winning his first case. He refuses to plead so as not to pay. Debtor sues him for double the amount due him. If he wins he has to pay and if he loses he has to pay double. He settles debtWoman who engages false bridegroom for her daughter has plans go astray. Daughter is seducedMonkey instead of girl in floating basket: hermit made laughing-stock. He has persuaded girl's foolish father to place her in the basket. Prince takes girl and leaves monkey in her place. (Cf. K1333, K1674.)Would-be killers killedSons have servant impersonate dead father and falsify his will. Servant deceives them by favoring himselfThe bribed boy sings the wrong song. The sexton steals the priest's cow. The next day the sexton's son sings, "My father stole the priest's cow." The priest pays the boy to sing the song in church. But the sexton teaches the boy a new song, "The priest has lain with my mother," and this is sung in church

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