Serpent asks his victim to feed him with honey, then seizes and swallows him — Mythoi

Motif

Serpent asks his victim to feed him with honey, then seizes and swallows him.

Deceptions. · Killing or maiming by deception. · Fatal deception into trickster's power. · view the constellation · filed as K815.18

Filed across the traditions

S. Am. Indian (Toba) Métraux MAFLS XL 71.

Within the index

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

Filed beside it

Fox persuades cock to come down and talk to him. Kills him Spider invites wasp (fly) to rest on her "white curtain". Eats her Dogs listen to wolves' hypocritical words. Are killed Cat invites hens to a feast and kills them Owl invites cricket to share his nectar. Kills him Snake promises to do no harm to frog. Kills him Cat acts as judge between sparrow and hare; eats them both Hawk persuades doves to elect him their king. Kills them Tiger flatters cow into showing that she has few teeth. Kills her Weasel induces cuckoo to tell him that it cries at night when asleep. Hence weasels can kill cuckoos Wounded wolf persuades lamb to bring him a drink, adding that he will get his own food Boat lured to land with kind words and wrecked in order to take vengeance on the men Cat makes truce with mice. When they have become friendly, he eats them 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.) Cat lures young foxes from den with music. Kills them Jackal feigns holiness but seizes worshipping rats

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