Capture by feigning illness. (Cf. K751.) — Mythoi

Motif

Capture by feigning illness. (Cf. K751.)

Deceptions. · Capture by deception. · Capture by decoy. · view the constellation · filed as K757

Filed across the traditions

N. Am. Indian (Klikitat) Jacobs U Wash II 35
American Negro (Georgia) Harris Remus 3 No. 1
West Indies Flowers 527. (See also all references to K961.)
general *Type 50

Within the index

Filed under Capture by decoy.

Filed beside it

Capture by feigning death. (Cf. K757.) 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 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 (Thompson’s cf.)

Capture by feigning death. (Cf. K757.)

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