Deception by feigned death (sleep)

Motif

Deception by feigned death (sleep).

Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Deception by disguise or illusion. · Deception by feigned death (sleep). · view the constellation · filed as K1860

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

India*Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

8 finer motifs beneath it

Death feigned in order to be carried Death feigned to meet lover Death feigned to learn how soldiers are resuscitated False tidings of one's own death in order to be able to leave without notice Death feigned to establish reputation of false relic. False resuscitation Death feigned in order to enter land of dead Trickster shams death to get food Deception by pretending sleep

Carried in tale types

Sham-Dead (Hidden) Animal Betrays Self · ATU 66B2 recorded variants

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