Crocodile in ambush betrays self by talking.
Deceptions. · Escape by deception. · Murderer or captor otherwise beguiled. · view the constellation · filed as K607.2.1
Motif
Filed across the traditions
- India Thompson-Balys.
Within the index
Filed under Crocodile masking as a log obeys suggestion that he move upstream. He thus betrays himself.
Carried in tale types
- Sham-Dead (Hidden) Animal Betrays Self · ATU 66B 1 recorded variant
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