Jackal, swallowed by elephant so it can drink water in his belly, eats elephant's liver and kills him

Motif

Jackal, swallowed by elephant so it can drink water in his belly, eats elephant's liver and kills him.

Deceptions. · Killing or maiming by deception. · Various kinds of treacherous murder. · view the constellation · filed as K952.1.1

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

India*Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Ungrateful river passenger kills carrier from within. Crawls inside during the passage. (Porcupine and buffalo.)

Filed beside it

Ungrateful rat defecates upon head of (or kills) octopus that rescues him from sea

Carried in tale types

The Jackal Trapped in the Animal Hide · ATU 681 recorded variant

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