Dupe tricked into entering hollow tree

Motif

Dupe tricked into entering hollow tree.

Deceptions. · Capture by deception. · Victim enticed into voluntary captivity or helplessness. · view the constellation · filed as K714.3

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Scholars’ trail — 3references

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
American Negro (Georgia)Harris Nights 74 No. 14
West IndiesFlowers 524.

Within the index

Filed under Deception into entering box (or prison).

Filed beside it

Victim tricked into prison and kept there Victim tricked into entering box Victim tricked into entering basket Woman persuaded to hide head in jug: she is caught Animal lured into lion's den Victim lured into following deer sent by demon to cave. Dies of suffocation Fish enticed into trap (promised new skins)Deceived lion stuck in cave entrance; becomes food for hare

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