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 — Mythoi

Motif

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.

Deceptions. · False accusations. · Innocent made to appear guilty. · view the constellation · filed as K2172

Cited in the index

general *Chauvin II 110 No. 74.

Within the index

Filed under Innocent made to appear guilty.

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 Trickster wounds self and accuses others 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 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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