Sham dead king jumps up and kills the nearest slave

Motif

Sham dead king jumps up and kills the nearest slave.

Deceptions. · Killing or maiming by deception. · Murder by strategy. · view the constellation · filed as K911.4

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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IcelandicBoberg.

Within the index

Filed under Feigning death to kill enemy.

Filed beside it

Sham death to wound enemies. Trickster lets himself be buried alive and stabs his enemies from the grave when they come to defile his body Man feigns death to stab brother who comes to grieve Sleep feigned to kill enemy Feigning deafness to lure enemy close and to kill him

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