Capture by feigning death. (Cf. K757.)

Motif

Capture by feigning death. (Cf. K757.)

Deceptions. · Capture by deception. · Capture by decoy. · view the constellation · filed as K751

“Presently, as Manabozho was looking down upon the broad earth below, the Buzzard made a sharp curve to one side so that his body leaned more than ever. Manabozho, losing his grasp, slipped off and dropped to earth like an arrow. He struck the ground with such force as to knock him senseless. The Buzzard re- turned to his place in the sky, but hovered around to see what would become of Manabozho. Manabozho lay a long time like one dead.”

— Tales of the North American Indians, Tale 25 · served from our shelf receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

Attested across traditions

North American IndigenousTales of the North American Indians, Tale 25 receipt

Scholars’ trail — 13references

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.

Jewishbin Gorion Born Judas IV 29, Neuman
India*Thompson-Balys
Buddhist mythMalalasekera II 242, 1131
IndonesiaDeVries's list No. 27
Eskimo (West Hudson Bay)Boas BAM XV 176, 332
N. Am. Indian*Thompson Tales 298 n. 88
Africa (Basuto)Jacottet 14 No. 1, (Fjort): Dennett 79 No. 17
Cape Verde IslandsParsons MAFLS XV (1) 310 n. 1, 312, 315, 324
West IndiesFlowers 525ff.
general *Types 47A, 56A
general Chauvin III 76
general Crane Vitry 127 No. 304
general Herbert III 461

Within the index

Filed under Capture by decoy.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Capture by hiding in animal carcass. Animal who comes to eat of carcass caught Man plays dead and hides in money chest: catches thief

Filed beside it

Capture by hiding under screen (grass, leaves, etc.)Capture by hiding in disguised objects Capture by hiding in artificial animal Capture by masking as another Capture by imitation of animal's voice Capture by feigning illness. (Cf. K751.)Capture by hiding in baskets of food Capture by putting on the clothes of slain enemy Stranger asks woman for fire: abducts her Capture by hiding in hollow tree Witch pretends to be starving beggar woman in order to capture child Hare carries disguised lion covered with honey, thus luring animals into trap

Travels with

Capture by feigning illness. (Cf. K751.)

Carried in tale types

The Fox Threatens to Cut Down the Tree and Gets Young Birds (previously The Fox Threatens to Push Down the Tree) · ATU 56A1 recorded variant

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