Victim lured by kind words approaches trickster and is killed — Mythoi

Motif

Victim lured by kind words approaches trickster and is killed.

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

Filed across the traditions

Spanish Boggs FFC XC 33 No *127A
India *Thompson-Balys, Panchatantra III 13 (tr. Ryder) 368
Africa (Basuto) Jacottet 276 No. 41, (Kaffir): Theal 177
West Indies Flowers 528.
general *Type 242
general Wienert FFC LVI 50 (ET 101), 97 (ST 112)
general Halm Aesop No. 263

Within the index

Filed under Fatal deception into trickster's power.

19 finer motifs beneath 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 King of fishes eats his subjects as they pay him their respects day and night Serpent asks his victim to feed him with honey, then seizes and swallows him Victim told to stand ready by tree to catch bee nest as it falls; trickster throws club at him instead

Filed beside it

Victim lured into house and killed 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 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 Wolf Induces the Goat to Come down from a Cliff and Devours it · ATU 127A* 1 recorded variant
The Crow's Oath (previously The Frog Enticed out of his Hole) · ATU 242 1 recorded variant

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