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

Motif

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

Deceptions. · Escape by deception. · Murderer or captor otherwise beguiled. · view the constellation · filed as K607.3

Scholars’ trail — 4references

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.

U.S.Baughman
India*Thompson-Balys
American Negro (Georgia)Harris Remus 53 No. 11
West IndiesFlowers 517–9.

Within the index

Filed under Enemy in ambush (or disguise) deceived into declaring himself.

3 finer motifs beneath it

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

Filed beside it

The cave call. ("Hello, house!") An animal suspecting the presence of an enemy in his cave (house), calls and receives no answer. He then says, "Don't you know, O cave, that we have agreed that I must call you when I come from abroad and that you in turn must answer me?" The hiding animal answers and the other flees 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 66B1 recorded variant

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