Dupe tricked into jumping to his death — Mythoi

Motif

Dupe tricked into jumping to his death.

Deceptions. · Killing or maiming by deception. · Dupe tricked into killing himself. · view the constellation · filed as K891

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5 finer motifs beneath it

Intruding wolf tricked into jumping down chimney and killing himself Ape tricked into jumping on to stakes and killing himself Monkey tricked into jumping in water and drowning self. Jackal hides in reeds which screen water Dupe tricked into jumping on supposed funeral pyre of beloved Dupe induced to jump over precipice

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Poor man deceives rich man, plays tricks on him, causes his death Dupe crowded into the water: drowns Dupe forced on to thin ice: drowns himself Cannibals enticed to climb slippery barricade: fall Animal left out of his element: dies or escapes Dupe tricked on to slippery road lined with knives. He kills himself Dupe tricked into measuring boar whose bristles are poisoned