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

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

Filed across the traditions

Missouri French Carrière
Japanese Ikeda
Indonesia DeVries's list No. 287
West Indies Flowers 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 3 1 recorded variant

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