Animal trapped through curiosity as to what the trap is — Mythoi

Motif

Animal trapped through curiosity as to what the trap is.

Deceptions. · Capture by deception. · Victim trapped. · view the constellation · filed as K730.1

Cited in the index

general Wienert FFC LVI 47 (ET 59), 66 (ET 307), 90 (ST 23), 94 (ST 73), 97 (*ST 111, 114)
general Halm Aesop Nos. 44, 340.

Within the index

Filed under Victim trapped.

1 finer motif beneath it

Claim that a trap is a prayer house

Filed beside it

Frog causes deer to dance into snare Leopard traps lion by having two doors to cave, one large, one small. Lion enters large entrance and leopard leaves by small and attacks back of lion Tortoise leads elephant down wrong trail into trap Birds led into trap by promise of a feast Wildboar captured in church Intruder captured in chimney. Burned Capture in pitfall. (Cf. B361.) Snapping door. Traps victims Capture by closing entrance to victim's home Capture by tarbaby. An image covered with tar (or other adhesive substance) captures the intruder who addresses it and finally strikes it so that he sticks to it Capture between branches of tree. Small animal lures large one, who cannot get loose Victim captured in a noose Victim burned in building

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