μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Animal killed by axes (knives) left in tree.

Deceptions. · Killing or maiming by deception. · Dupe tricked into killing himself. · view the constellation · filed as K897.2

Filed across the traditions
  • India Thompson-Balys.
Within the index

Filed under Dupe tricked on to slippery road lined with knives. He kills himself.

1 finer motif beneath it
Giant impales self on javelin fugitive holds behind himself
Filed beside it
Snake killed by putting knives in animal he is swallowing Robbers make stairs slippery so that bathing prince falls

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