Legs of a corpse cause accusation of murder — Mythoi

Motif

Legs of a corpse cause accusation of murder.

Deceptions. · False accusations. · Innocent made to appear guilty. · view the constellation · filed as K2152.2

Filed across the traditions

Lithuanian Balys Index No. 1537A*
Russian Andrejev No. 1537 I*.

Within the index

Filed under Unresponsive corpse. Corpse is set up so that dupe addresses it and when it does not respond knocks it over. He is accused of murder. Most references to K2151 apply to this motif as well.

Filed beside it

Dead dog set up so that woman knocks it over. Must pay damages

Carried in tale types

Corpse's Legs Left · ATU 1537* 1 recorded variant

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