Person cuts drawbridge partly through. Giant falls into moat. (Cf. K14, K1431, K1961.1.3.)

Motif

Person cuts drawbridge partly through. Giant falls into moat. (Cf. K14, K1431, K1961.1.3.)

Deceptions. · Killing or maiming by deception. · Murder by strategy. · view the constellation · filed as K924

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England*Baughman.

Within the index

Filed under Murder by strategy.

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Feigning death to kill enemy Robbers' (giants') heads cut off one by one as they enter house 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 Victim pushed into fire Victim pushed into water Slaughter of animals by stampede Murder through transformation Murder by strategy – miscellaneous

Travels with

Rowing contest won by deception. The boat is already sawed through Trickster saws legs of table so that it collapses Sham parson: the sawed pulpit. He has sawed the pulpit almost through. He predicts a miracle. The pulpit falls down

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