Murder in one's sleep — Mythoi

Motif

Murder in one's sleep.

Deceptions. · Killing or maiming by deception. · Various kinds of treacherous murder. · view the constellation · filed as K959.2

Filed across the traditions

Italian Novella Rotunda
Icelandic *Boberg.

Within the index

Filed under Other kinds of treacherous murder.

5 finer motifs beneath it

Woman's father and brothers kill her husband in sleep for having married against their wishes Heroes dislike to kill sleeping people Man murdered at his wife's side. (Cf. K873.1.) Woman marries king feigning that she can heal him, and murders him in sleep. Afterward she takes the kingdom together with his counsellor Hero attacks and kills at night hero who wanted to go to sleep before their fighting

Filed beside it

Murder by putting mouth of pot over victim's head Tent torn down over man, and he is then killed Murder from behind Thorns planted so that birds are killed when they light on field Post-hole murder: people invite boy to enter post-hole and then try to crush him with log

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