Mutual agreement to sacrifice family members in famine. Trickster refuses to carry out his part of the bargain

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Mutual agreement to sacrifice family members in famine. Trickster refuses to carry out his part of the bargain.

Deceptions. · Deceptive bargains. · Deception in payment of debt. · Other deceptions in the payment of debt. · view the constellation · filed as K231.1.1

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Louisiana CreoleFortier MAFLS II 109
India*Thompson-Balys
AfricaMeinhof 200, (Ekoi): Talbot 337, (Nigeria): Tremaine FL XXI 492, (Vandau): Curtis Songs and Tales from the Dark Continent (New York, 1920) 44
American Negro (Georgia)Harris Nights 230ff. Nos. 39, 40, 41
JamaicaBeckwith MAFLS XVII 241 No. 14
Cape Verde IslandsParsons MAFLS XV (1) 109 n. 2
West IndiesFlowers 499ff.

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Mutual agreement to divide food. Trickster eats other's food and then refuses to divide his own The dog refuses to help the wolf. A farmer plans to kill a faithful old dog. The wolf makes a plan to save the dog. The latter is to rescue the farmer's child from the wolf. The plan succeeds and the dog is rewarded. The wolf in return wants to steal the farmer's sheep. The dog refuses his assistance

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