Fox feigning illness admitted to hen-roost and kills the hens.
Deceptions. · Killing or maiming by deception. · Fatal deception into trickster's power. · view the constellation · filed as K828.2
Motif
Filed across the traditions
- Spanish Exempla Keller.
- general Herbert III 36
- general Hervieux IV 221 No. 50
Within the index
Filed under Bloodthirsty animal by trickery admitted to fold: kills peaceful animal.
Filed beside it
Carried in tale types
- Fox Plays Dead and Catches Bird · ATU 56A* 2 recorded variants
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