"Wait till men come to take me from trap, then eat them."

Motif

"Wait till men come to take me from trap, then eat them."

Deceptions. · Escape by deception. · Escape by false plea. · view the constellation · filed as K553.1.1

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

YorubaThe Yoruba-Speaking Peoples of the Slave Coast of West Africa, Chapter 14

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

IndiaThompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under "Let me catch you better game." Captured animal pretends to help captor bring more desirable victim. Escapes.

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