Fox in sheepskin gains admission to fold and kills sheep — Mythoi

Motif

Fox in sheepskin gains admission to fold and kills sheep.

Deceptions. · Killing or maiming by deception. · Fatal deception into trickster's power. · view the constellation · filed as K828.1

Filed across the traditions

Spanish Exempla Keller.
general *Herbert III 36ff.
general Hervieux IV 222 No. 51
general Jacobs Aesop 209 No. 39
general Wienert FFC LVI 45 (ET 35), 68 (ET 325), 96 (ST 100)
general Halm Aesop No. 376

Within the index

Filed under Bloodthirsty animal by trickery admitted to fold: kills peaceful animal.

Filed beside it

Fox feigning illness admitted to hen-roost and kills the hens Wolf tries to cheat ewe by posing as ram

Carried in tale types

Wolf in Sheep's Clothing Gains Admission to the Fold · ATU 123B 1 recorded variant

ask the rhapsode about this motif · search the shelf for “sheepskin” · wander