Fatal deception into trickster's power – miscellaneous.
Deceptions. · Killing or maiming by deception. · Fatal deception into trickster's power. · view the constellation · filed as K839
Motif
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Filed under Fatal deception into trickster's power.
6 finer motifs beneath it
Victim enticed into eating: killed when off guardVictim lured into approach by false tokenVictim enticed into drinking by over-salting his food: killed when off guardKing who demands milk from all hornless cows forced to accept bogstuff milked from wooden cows: he diesCamel lures wolf into looking at the writing on his breast. Crushes wolfSupernaturals tricked into (fatal) exposure to daylight
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 themDupe persuaded to relax vigilance; seizedBloodthirsty animal by trickery admitted to fold: kills peaceful animalVictim killed while being bathedDupe induced to look about: seized and killed