Enemies invited to banquet and killed. (Cf. K871.2.)

Motif

Enemies invited to banquet and killed. (Cf. K871.2.)

Deceptions. · Killing or maiming by deception. · Fatal deception into trickster's power. · view the constellation · filed as K811.1

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Scholars’ trail — 9references

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.

Irish myth*Cross
Icelandic*Boberg
GreekGrote I 150
IndiaThompson-Balys
JapaneseYanagita Folklore Studies XI 2 No. 2
TuamotuStimson MS (z-G. 13/555).
general *Pauli (ed. Bolte) Nos. 661, 662
general *BP II 85, III 106
general Gaster Thespis 211, 328

Within the index

Filed under Victim lured into house and killed.

2 finer motifs beneath it

With help of captor's daughter, prisoners slay many of his soldiers at a banquet. (Cf. K781.)Enemies invited to feast and poisoned

Filed beside it

Animal enticed into palace after it had long fed out of trickster's hand Jackals persuaded to enter pit to escape coming storm. Killed Cruel king lured to enemy's power by invitation to false execution. He comes to see a girl die and is killed himself Hostile visitors lured into iron house concealed by wooden walls. Hosts set fire to house Pretended friend puts food on far side of hidden ditch, victim falls in and is killed

Travels with

Slaughter of drunken enemies in banquet hall. (Cf. K811.1.)

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