μῦθοι Mythoi
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Scholars’ trail — 7references

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.

  • SpanishBoggs FFC XC 33 No *127A
  • India*Thompson-Balys, Panchatantra III 13 (tr. Ryder) 368
  • Africa (Basuto)Jacottet 276 No. 41, (Kaffir): Theal 177
  • West IndiesFlowers 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 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 themFish 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 themJackal feigns holiness but seizes worshipping ratsKing of fishes eats his subjects as they pay him their respects day and nightSerpent asks his victim to feed him with honey, then seizes and swallows himVictim 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 killedVictim burned in his own house (or hiding place)Stag killed by lion into whose den the fox puts himOvercurious dupe enters trickster's basket and is killedDupe lured to supposed dance and killedVictim persuaded to disarm. KilledFairies in animal form persuaded they will hear music better in own shapes. Are killedWomen draw warrior aside so that confederate may kill himSham doctor kills his patientsVictim 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 themDupe persuaded to relax vigilance; seizedBloodthirsty animal by trickery admitted to fold: kills peaceful animalVictim killed while being bathedDupe induced to look about: seized and killedMan lured into aiding trickster who has feigned an accident or needs help. Is killed
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