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Motif
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Filed under Fatal deception into trickster's power.

5 finer motifs beneath 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: killedDupe persuaded to sing (dance) on trickster's body. When he approaches the mouth he is killedFox shams death and catches crows that come to feed on himCheese smeared on crab lures giant to smell him. Crab pinches giant's neck and kills him
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 killedVictim lured by kind words approaches trickster 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 themBloodthirsty 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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