Dupe persuaded to sing (dance) on trickster's body. When he approaches the mouth he is killed

Motif

Dupe persuaded to sing (dance) on trickster's body. When he approaches the mouth he is killed.

Deceptions. · Killing or maiming by deception. · Fatal deception into trickster's power. · view the constellation · filed as K827.3

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.

American Negro (Georgia)Harris Remus 92 No. 19
BahamaParsons MAFLS XIII 109 No. 63.

Within the index

Filed under Dupe persuaded to relax vigilance; seized.

Filed beside it

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.)Cannibals persuaded to take snuff: 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

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