Animal feigns death repeatedly and then entices owner from goods.
Deceptions. · Thefts and cheats. · Thefts. · Means of hoodwinking the guardian or owner. · view the constellation · filed as K341.2.1
Motif
Filed across the traditions
- Japanese Ikeda
- American Negro (Georgia) Harris Remus 72 No. 15
- general (North Carolina): Parsons JAFL XXX 172, (Virginia): Bacon and Parsons JAFL XXXV 275f.
- general Andros Islands, Bahamas: Parsons MAFLS XIII 10 No. 8.
Carried in tale types
- The Theft of Fish · ATU 1 1 recorded variant
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