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Motif

Dupe persuaded to take prisoner's place in a sack: killed. The bag is to be thrown into the sea. The trickster keeps shouting that he does not want to go to heaven (or marry the princess); the dupe gladly substitutes for him. (Cf. K714.2.1.)

Deceptions. · Killing or maiming by deception. · Deception into fatal substitution. · view the constellation · filed as K842

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Scholars’ trail — 21references

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.

  • RussianAndrejev No. 1535B*
  • French CanadianBarbeau JAFL XXIX 23
  • Missouri FrenchCarrière
  • SpanishEspinosa III Nos. 163–7, 172–4
  • Italian Novella*Rotunda
  • India*Thompson-Balys
  • JapaneseIkeda
  • KoreanZong in-Sob 104 No. 56
  • IndonesiaDixon 191 n. 14, De Vries's list No. 276, Coster-Wijsman 26 No. 5
  • PhilippineFansler MAFLS XII 196, 438, 444
  • N. Am. Indian*Thompson CColl II 419ff.
  • AfricaFrobenius Atlantis II 220ff., VIII 54f., 61f., 175ff.
  • American Negro (Georgia)Harris Remus 111 No. 23, 140 No. 29, Nights 177 No. 31, 185, No. 32, (Alabama): Work JAFL XXXII 400
  • BahamaParsons MAFLS XIII 82 No. 39, Edwards MAFLS III 63, Finlay JAFL XXXVIII 293
  • general *Types 1525A, 1535, 1737
  • general *BP II 10ff., III 188, 192, 393
  • general *Fb "sæk" III 720b
  • general *Cosquin Études 392
  • general *Chauvin V 247 No. 147 n. 1. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 1535A*
  • general New Mexican Spanish Espinosa JAFL XXIV 419ff.
  • general Antigua, British West Indies: Johnson JAFL XXXIV 54.
Within the index

Filed under Deception into fatal substitution.

4 finer motifs beneath it
Dupe persuaded to take prisoner's place suspended in airDupe persuaded to take prisoner's place in pitTied animal persuades another to take his placeRaja substitutes himself for condemned man. Made to believe that this will take him to heaven
Filed beside it
Substitute for execution obtained by trickeryDupe persuaded to be killed in order to go to heavenDupe persuaded to play for wedding party. Takes place of trickster, who sets fire and burns him upPursuer persuaded to take fugitive's place in supposed swing. Hanged. (Cf. K852.)Trickster being attacked by ferocious animal persuades dupe to take his place
Travels with
Victim tricked into jumping in a box by making him think he is going to heaven. (Cf. K842.)Dupes persuaded to be thrown over precipice. (Cf. K842.)
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