Fox shams death and catches crows that come to feed on him — Mythoi

Motif

Fox shams death and catches crows that come to feed on him.

Deceptions. · Killing or maiming by deception. · Fatal deception into trickster's power. · view the constellation · filed as K827.4

Filed across the traditions

Spanish Exempla Keller.

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 Dupe persuaded to sing (dance) on trickster's body. When he approaches the mouth he is killed Cheese smeared on crab lures giant to smell him. Crab pinches giant's neck and kills him

Carried in tale types

The Fox Threatens to Cut Down the Tree and Gets Young Birds (previously The Fox Threatens to Push Down the Tree) · ATU 56A 1 recorded variant
Fox Plays Dead and Catches Bird · ATU 56A* 1 recorded variant

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