Wolf poses as mother and kills child

Motif

Wolf poses as mother and kills child.

Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Hypocrites. · Hypocrite pretends friendship but attacks. · view the constellation · filed as K2011.1

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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Africa (Basuto)Jacottet 62ff. No. 10.

Within the index

Filed under Wolf poses as "grandmother" and kills child. (Red Riding Hood.)

4 finer motifs beneath it

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Tiger-ogress pretends to be girls' mother: explains tail as boil

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