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

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

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

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

Africa (Gold Coast)Barker and Sinclair 36 No. 3.

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3 finer motifs beneath it

Snake killed by putting knives in animal he is swallowing Animal killed by axes (knives) left in tree Robbers make stairs slippery so that bathing prince falls

Filed beside it

Poor man deceives rich man, plays tricks on him, causes his death Dupe tricked into jumping to 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 into measuring boar whose bristles are poisoned

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