Dupe persuaded to relax vigilance; seized.
Deceptions. · Killing or maiming by deception. · Fatal deception into trickster's power. · view the constellation · filed as K827
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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: 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
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Victim lured into house and killed Victim burned in his own house (or hiding place) Stag killed by lion into whose den the fox puts him Overcurious dupe enters trickster's basket and is killed Victim lured by kind words approaches trickster and is killed Dupe lured to supposed dance and killed Victim persuaded to disarm. Killed Fairies in animal form persuaded they will hear music better in own shapes. Are killed Women draw warrior aside so that confederate may kill him Sham doctor kills his patients Victim 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 them Bloodthirsty animal by trickery admitted to fold: kills peaceful animal Victim killed while being bathed Dupe induced to look about: seized and killed Man lured into aiding trickster who has feigned an accident or needs help. Is killed
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