Fox persuades bird to show him how she acts in a storm: he devours her. (Bird has advised other bird how to avoid the fox; he is revenged.) — Mythoi

Motif

Fox persuades bird to show him how she acts in a storm: he devours her. (Bird has advised other bird how to avoid the fox; he is revenged.)

Deceptions. · Killing or maiming by deception. · Fatal deception into trickster's power. · view the constellation · filed as K827.1

Filed across the traditions

Spanish Espinosa III No. 258f.
Africa (Basuto) Jacottet 36 No. 5, (Hottentot): Bleek 21 No. 11
West Indies Flowers 529.
general *Type 56A
general Dh IV 279
general Chauvin II 112 No. 81
general Bødker Exempler 306 No. 82

Within the index

Filed under Dupe persuaded to relax vigilance; seized.

Filed beside it

Cannibals persuaded to take snuff: killed Dupe persuaded to sing (dance) on trickster's body. When he approaches the mouth he is killed Fox shams death and catches crows that come to feed on him Cheese smeared on crab lures giant to smell him. Crab pinches giant's neck and kills him

Carried in tale types

Fox Asks Bird what She Does when Wind Blows · ATU 56D 1 recorded variant

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