Trickster wounds self and accuses others — Mythoi

Motif

Trickster wounds self and accuses others.

Deceptions. · False accusations. · Innocent made to appear guilty. · view the constellation · filed as K2153

Filed across the traditions

India *Thompson-Balys
Marquesas Handy 87, 110.

Within the index

Filed under Innocent made to appear guilty.

1 finer motif beneath it

Animal nurse wounds self so as to throw blame for eaten young on other animal

Filed beside it

The corpse handed around. (The thrice-killed corpse.) Dupes are accused of murder when the corpse is left with them. The trickster is paid to keep silent 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 Evidence of crime left so that dupe is blamed Innocent man compelled to write treasonable letter. It brings about his death sentence Sham blind man throws suspicion on real blind. He admits his deception so that his companion, who is really blind, is punished The dog receives the blows. The cat steals a sausage from the table but the dog receives the blows from the mistress Rats cause cats to be killed. The rats unite and all go to houses together, increasing or decreasing their ravages with the increase or decrease in the number of cats. Thus the cats are suspected of the damage and are killed Grandmother causes grandchildren to be whipped: puts dirt and hairs into cooking pot by stealth and sand in the water they draw [First Edition: K2190. Other false accusations.]

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