Deception by sham blood. By stabbing bag of blood (or otherwise) trickster makes dupe think that he is bleeding

Motif

Deception by sham blood. By stabbing bag of blood (or otherwise) trickster makes dupe think that he is bleeding.

Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Deception by disguise or illusion. · Illusions. · view the constellation · filed as K1875

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Scholars’ trail — 6references

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.

Missouri FrenchCarrière
JapaneseIkeda
IndonesiaDeVries's list No. 287
West IndiesFlowers 547.
general *Types 3, 1535, 1539
general *BP II 1ff., 10ff.

Within the index

Filed under Illusions.

Filed beside it

Deception by legerdemain Camouflage Absent person seems to be present Illusory enemies Illusion of death Dead made to appear alive Illusions in landscape Illusory sounds Illusory light Other illusions

Carried in tale types

Simulated Injury (previously Sham Blood and Brains) · ATU 31 recorded variant

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