Substitute smoker. The hero is compelled to smoke a fatal pipe, but the helpful insect which he carries on his head smokes the pipe for him — Mythoi

Motif

Substitute smoker. The hero is compelled to smoke a fatal pipe, but the helpful insect which he carries on his head smokes the pipe for him.

Deceptions. · Escape by deception. · Death escaped through disguise, shamming, or substitution. · view the constellation · filed as K528.1

Attested across traditions

North American Indigenous Tales of the North American Indians , Tale 49 receipt

Filed across the traditions

N. Am. Indian *Thompson Tales 330 n. 191c.

Within the index

Filed under Substitute in ordeal. An ordeal (usually dangerous) is escaped by deceptively providing a substitute.

Filed beside it

Escape by substituting self for another condemned to die. Holy man substitutes self for deacon held by heathen Two wicked men put to a fiery test ask for a third (pious) man to be tested together with them

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Magic spittle Magic excrements Magic tears Magic ornament provides treasure Magic building provides treasure Old man of the sea. Burr-woman. Ogre who jumps on one's back and sticks there magically Quest assigned because of feigned dream Heat test. Attempt to kill hero by burning him in fire Tree-pulling contest Deceptive eating contest Escape by shamming death: blood and brains. The trickster covers himself with paint (or the like) so that he will be thought to have bled to death (or with milk so that it will be thought that his brains have been knocked out) The false bridegroom (substitute bridegroom). Takes the place of the true bridegroom

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