Robbers' (giants') heads cut off one by one as they enter house — Mythoi

Motif

Robbers' (giants') heads cut off one by one as they enter house.

Deceptions. · Killing or maiming by deception. · Murder by strategy. · view the constellation · filed as K912

Filed across the traditions

Icelandic *Boberg
Missouri French Carrière
India *Thompson-Balys
Japanese Ikeda.
general *Types 304, 956AB
general *BP I 373
general *Fb "hoved" I 654b, "røver" III 132a

Within the index

Filed under Murder by strategy.

5 finer motifs beneath it

Robbers' (giants') noses cut off as they enter house Robbers' (giants') hands cut off as they enter house Giant's (giantess's) head cut off as he (she) looks out Men lured into serpent pit one by one and killed Ogre suitor persuaded by woman to bury her murdered lover: she cuts off his head

Filed beside it

Feigning death to kill enemy Disguised hero attacks enemy at feast Murder from ambush Dancer stabs spectator. Uses one of the figures of the dance as a ruse Treacherous murder during hunt Man murdered while praying Fox rids himself of fleas. He lets himself sink in water somewhat with a bundle of hay. The fleas gather on the hay-bundle and he dives into the water Artificial whale made as stratagem. Enemies surprised and killed Murder by bleeding: taking more blood than victim realizes Person cuts drawbridge partly through. Giant falls into moat. (Cf. K14, K1431, K1961.1.3.) Victim pushed into fire Victim pushed into water Slaughter of animals by stampede Murder through transformation Murder by strategy – miscellaneous

Carried in tale types

The Dangerous Night-Watch (previously The Hunter) · ATU 304 9 recorded variants
The Hot Chamber in the House of Robbers (previously Robbers' Heads Cut off One by One as they Enter House) · ATU 956 1 recorded variant
The Clever Maiden Alone at Home Kills the Robbers · ATU 956B 1 recorded variant

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