μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Fish tricked by crane into letting selves be carried from one pond to another. The crane eats them when they are in his power. (Cf. K713.1.2.)

Deceptions. · Killing or maiming by deception. · Fatal deception into trickster's power. · view the constellation · filed as K815.14

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Scholars’ trail — 4references

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.

  • Spanish ExemplaKeller
  • India*Thompson-Balys
  • Buddhist mythMalalasekera II 260.
  • general Bødker Exempler 281 No. 26
Within the index

Filed under Victim lured by kind words approaches trickster and is killed.

1 finer motif beneath it
Fish, lured by kind words, are killed by old man
Filed beside it
Fox persuades cock to come down and talk to him. Kills himSpider invites wasp (fly) to rest on her "white curtain". Eats herDogs listen to wolves' hypocritical words. Are killedCat invites hens to a feast and kills themOwl invites cricket to share his nectar. Kills himSnake promises to do no harm to frog. Kills himCat acts as judge between sparrow and hare; eats them bothHawk persuades doves to elect him their king. Kills themTiger flatters cow into showing that she has few teeth. Kills herWeasel induces cuckoo to tell him that it cries at night when asleep. Hence weasels can kill cuckoosWounded wolf persuades lamb to bring him a drink, adding that he will get his own foodBoat lured to land with kind words and wrecked in order to take vengeance on the menCat makes truce with mice. When they have become friendly, he eats themCat lures young foxes from den with music. Kills themJackal feigns holiness but seizes worshipping ratsKing of fishes eats his subjects as they pay him their respects day and night
Travels with
Animal allows himself to be tied to another for safety. Carried to his death. (Cf. J2132.6.)
Carried in tale types

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