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Motif
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Filed under Deception by feigned death (sleep).

2 finer motifs beneath it
Trickster feigns death and eats the ripe fruit from the tree Trickster shams death and eats grave offerings
Filed beside 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 Deception by pretending sleep
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Trickster's burnt flesh becomes gum on trees Transformation to be put in food-bag Transformation to seduce Magic treasure animal killed. (Goose that laid the golden egg) Magic garment (robe, tunic) Magic reawakening of memory. (Cf. D1360, D1910.) Killed game revives and flies away Disintegration: man eats himself up or dismembers himself Person eats self up Trickster joins bulrushes in a dance. He thinks they are dancing when he sees them waving Person frightened into falling down a cliff Deceptive scratching contest

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