Camel lures wolf into looking at the writing on his breast. Crushes wolf

Motif

Camel lures wolf into looking at the writing on his breast. Crushes wolf.

Deceptions. · Killing or maiming by deception. · Fatal deception into trickster's power. · view the constellation · filed as K839.5

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

IndiaThompson-Balys
MaoriClark 112.

Within the index

Filed under Fatal deception into trickster's power – miscellaneous.

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Victim enticed into eating: killed when off guard Victim lured into approach by false token Victim enticed into drinking by over-salting his food: killed when off guard King who demands milk from all hornless cows forced to accept bogstuff milked from wooden cows: he dies Supernaturals tricked into (fatal) exposure to daylight

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