Animal lured into lion's den

Motif

Animal lured into lion's den.

Deceptions. · Capture by deception. · Victim enticed into voluntary captivity or helplessness. · view the constellation · filed as K714.6

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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.

India*Thompson-Balys.

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 Dupe tricked into entering hollow tree Victim tricked into entering basket Woman persuaded to hide head in jug: she is caught 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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