Dupe persuaded to be killed in order to go to heaven — Mythoi

Motif

Dupe persuaded to be killed in order to go to heaven.

Deceptions. · Killing or maiming by deception. · Deception into fatal substitution. · view the constellation · filed as K843

Filed across the traditions

India *Thompson-Balys
Japanese Ikeda
Indonesia DeVries's list No. 276, Dixon 201 n. 38*.

Within the index

Filed under Deception into fatal substitution.

1 finer motif beneath it

Dupes persuaded to be burned, thinking they will be sent back with gifts

Filed beside it

Substitute for execution obtained by trickery 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.) Dupe persuaded to play for wedding party. Takes place of trickster, who sets fire and burns him up Pursuer persuaded to take fugitive's place in supposed swing. Hanged. (Cf. K852.) Trickster being attacked by ferocious animal persuades dupe to take his place

Carried in tale types

The Innocent Man Condemned to Death (previously The Innocent Man Chosen to Fit the Stake [Noose]) · ATU 1534A 4 recorded variants
The Painter and the Architect · ATU 980* 1 recorded variant

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