Dupe burns house because trickster reports high price paid for ashes — Mythoi

Motif

Dupe burns house because trickster reports high price paid for ashes.

Deceptions. · Killing or maiming by deception. · Deception into killing own family or animals. · view the constellation · filed as K941.2

Filed across the traditions

Spanish Espinosa III No. 193
India *Thompson-Balys
Indonesia DeVries's list No. 274.

Within the index

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

Filed beside it

Cows killed for their hides when large price is reported by trickster Enemies each burn own houses to be able to sell ashes

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Man betrayed into eating his own children and setting the village on fire. (Cf. K941.2, K944.)

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