Sham-dead tiger betrayed by his live penis

Motif

Sham-dead tiger betrayed by his live penis.

Deceptions. · Escape by deception. · Murderer or captor otherwise beguiled. · view the constellation · filed as K607.3.1

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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 Sham-dead man deceived into making gesture. Obeys suggestion as to how dead man should act and betrays himself.

Filed beside it

Sham-dead deceived into moving by absurd action Leopard concealed in bundle betrays self when threat is made to run spear through bundle

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