Victim lured into house and killed — Mythoi

Motif

Victim lured into house and killed.

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

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth Cross
Icelandic *Boberg
India Thompson-Balys
Indonesia DeVries's list No. 32
West Indies Flowers 528.
general *Type 56B

Within the index

Filed under Fatal deception into trickster's power.

6 finer motifs beneath it

Animal enticed into palace after it had long fed out of trickster's hand Enemies invited to banquet and killed. (Cf. K871.2.) 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

Filed beside it

Victim burned in his own house (or hiding place) Stag killed by lion into whose den the fox puts him Overcurious dupe enters trickster's basket and is killed Victim lured by kind words approaches trickster and is killed Dupe lured to supposed dance and killed Victim persuaded to disarm. Killed Fairies in animal form persuaded they will hear music better in own shapes. Are killed Women draw warrior aside so that confederate may kill him Sham doctor kills his patients Victim persuaded to hold out his tongue: cut off. Robbers induced by various excuses (to learn to sing, to learn foreign language, to have a hair taken off the tongue) Hoodwinked dancers. A trickster induces ducks to dance with closed eyes and kills them Dupe persuaded to relax vigilance; seized Bloodthirsty animal by trickery admitted to fold: kills peaceful animal Victim killed while being bathed Dupe induced to look about: seized and killed Man lured into aiding trickster who has feigned an accident or needs help. Is killed

Carried in tale types

The Fox (Jackal) as Schoolmaster (previously The Fox Persuades the Magpies into Bringing their Young into his House) · ATU 56B 1 recorded variant

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