μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Cows killed for their hides when large price is reported by trickster.

Deceptions. · Killing or maiming by deception. · Deception into killing own family or animals. · view the constellation · filed as K941.1

Filed across the traditions
  • India *Thompson-Balys
  • Japanese Ikeda
  • Indonesia Coster-Wijsman 27 No. 5.
  • general *Type 1535
  • general *BP II 1ff.
Within the index

Filed under Trickster's false report of high prices causes dupe to destroy his property.

1 finer motif beneath it
Wives killed when large price for his mother's (wife's) corpse is reported by trickster
Filed beside it
Dupe burns house because trickster reports high price paid for ashes Enemies each burn own houses to be able to sell ashes

ask the rhapsode about this motif · search the shelf for “trickster” · wander