Deceptions

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• Man betrayed into killing his wife or grandmother. K940.2
• Trickster's false report of high prices causes dupe to destroy his property. K941
• Cows killed for their hides when large price is reported by trickster. K941.1
• Wives killed when large price for his mother's (wife's) corpse is reported by trickster. K941.1.1
• Dupe burns house because trickster reports high price paid for ashes. K941.2
• Enemies each burn own houses to be able to sell ashes. K941.3
• Angry man kills his own horse by mistake. Trickster has shifted the places of his horse and that of the dupe. K942
• Hermit (deceived by the devil) kills his own father, supposing him to be the devil. K943
• Deceptive agreement to kill wives (children). Trickster shams the murder; dupe kills his. K944
• Woman tricked into giving poison to her husband: thinks it a love-philtre. K945
• Bird flies on head of dupe's child. Dupe strikes at bird and kills child. K946
• King causes his own men to be burned and killed, by mistake or illusion. K947
• King lured to send his sons on fatal quests and to kill nephews. K948
• Various kinds of treacherous murder. K950
• Murder by choking. K951
• Deserted wife chokes departing husband. Asks for one last kiss. K951.0.1
• Murder by throwing hot stones in the mouth. K951.1
• Murder by hot iron in mouth. K951.1.1
• Killing tiger by throwing hot hatchet into mouth. K951.1.1.1
• Murder by thrusting spear (tongs) into mouth. K951.1.2
• Murder by throwing hot fruit into victim's mouth. K951.1.3
• Murder by feeding with bread full of pins. K951.2
• Murder by throwing poisoned bread into mouth. K951.3
• Murder by putting clod into person's windpipe. K951.4
• Animal killed by forcing ball (of hide, wax, etc.) into throat. K951.5
• Murder by feeding with honey-covered sharpened cross-pieces of wood. K951.6
• Animal (monster) killed from within. K952
• Ungrateful river passenger kills carrier from within. Crawls inside during the passage. (Porcupine and buffalo.) K952.1
• Jackal, swallowed by elephant so it can drink water in his belly, eats elephant's liver and kills him. K952.1.1
• Ungrateful rat defecates upon head of (or kills) octopus that rescues him from sea. K952.1.2
• Man transforms self to gadfly to enter giant's stomach and kill him. K952.2
• Man kills giant bear by crawling inside and cutting his way out. K952.2.1
• Animal tricked into seizing hollow log. Man reaches through and pulls animal's heart out. K952.3
• Murder by squeezing. K953
• Murder by lacing corset tight. K953.1
• Murder by wrapping snake around man. K953.2
• Crab carried by crane, clings round his neck and cuts off his head with pincers. K953.3
• Murder by crushing in false embrace. K953.4
• Murder by burning. K955
• Murder by scalding. K955.1
• Murder by burning in hot oil. K955.2
• Murder by burning arrow. K955.3
• Murder by destroying external soul. K956
• Gradual murder by piecemeal destruction of separable soul. K956.1
• Murder by blinding. K957
• Killing by throwing hot salt into eyes. K957.1
• Murder by drowning. (Cf. K926.) K958
• Other kinds of treacherous murder. K959
• Murder by putting mouth of pot over victim's head. K959.1
• Murder in one's sleep. K959.2
• Woman's father and brothers kill her husband in sleep for having married against their wishes. K959.2.1
• Heroes dislike to kill sleeping people. K959.2.2
• Man murdered at his wife's side. (Cf. K873.1.) K959.2.3
• Woman marries king feigning that she can heal him, and murders him in sleep. Afterward she takes the kingdom together with his counsellor. K959.2.4
• Hero attacks and kills at night hero who wanted to go to sleep before their fighting. K959.2.5
• Tent torn down over man, and he is then killed. K959.3
• Rafter supporting giant's house cut half through, so that it can be drawn down from the outside, and the giant killed. K959.3.1
• Murder from behind. K959.4
• Thorns planted so that birds are killed when they light on field. K959.5
• Post-hole murder: people invite boy to enter post-hole and then try to crush him with log. K959.6
• Other fatal deceits. K960
• Flesh of certain animal alleged to be only cure for disease: animal to be killed. (The sick lion.) K961
• Blood of certain animal said to be sweet. Its death thus brought about. K961.0.1
• Disease to be cured by heart of monkey. (Cf. K544.) K961.1
• Tit for tat. Wolf tells sick lion that fox does not esteem him. Fox overhears it. Later fox tells lion that his only cure lies in his wrapping himself in the wolf's skin. Wolf is killed. K961.1.1
• Flesh (vital organs) of certain person alleged to be only cure for disease. K961.2
• Brain of snake said to be only cure for monkey's disease. Monkey to be killed by snake when he goes to hole. K961.2.1
• Ogress wife demands eyes of six wives of raja or she will die. K961.2.2
• Camel induced to offer himself as sacrifice. Other animals feign to offer themselves to the lion as food. The lion eats the camel. K962
• Rope cut and victim dropped. Man is being hauled up on the rope. K963
• Rope of mountain-climber cut and victim dropped. K963.1
• Barber killed when hero reports king's ancestors need his services in heaven. K964
• Man with deformed head slays his barbers. K974
• Secret of strength treacherously discovered. K975
• Pretended exchange of confidences as to the one thing that can kill. K975.1
• Hero tells enemies how he may be killed. K975.1.1
• Secret of external soul learned by deception. K975.2
• Daughter pulls out father's magic life-containing hair. As soon as it is taken out he dies. K976
• Uriah letter. Man carries written order for his own execution. K978
• Message of death. Man carries unwittingly an oral order for his own execution. K978.1
• Leopard and crocodile both sent for the dog. Neither has seen a dog nor have they seen each other. Man sends them to the same place saying that the dog will be there. They kill each other. K978.1.1
• Message of death lost. K978.2
• Fatal deception: changed message from oracle. K981
• Dupe induced to stand under falling tree. K982
• Dupe persuaded to climb tree. Tree felled and dupe killed. K983
• Tree cut down to get at victim in top. K983.1
• Dupes lured onto tree-trunk bridge; fall to death. K983.2
• Man is lured into sitting in a mechanical chair and is killed. K984
• Magic horse lent by fairy in disguise brings about death of mortal. K985
• Murder induced by bribery (lands, riches, wives). K986
• Person thrown out of magic airship and killed. K988
• Dupe persuaded to go to dangerous place; killed. K991
• Brother causes brother's death by sending him to robbers and giving false advice. K991.1
• Deception into self-injury. K1000
• Deception through false doctoring. K1010
• Remedy: covering with dry leaves. Victim burned up. (Cf. K1013.2.) K1010.1
• Eye-remedy. Under pretence of curing eyesight the trickster blinds the dupe. (Often with a glowing mass thrust into the eye.) K1011
• Fool deceived into curing headache by removing his eyes. K1011.1
• Ashes as remedy for sore eyes. K1011.2
• Making the dupe strong. The false doctor injures him. K1012
• Making the dupe strong – by castration. K1012.1
• Making the dupe strong – by scalding. K1012.2
• False beauty-doctor. The trickster pretends to make the dupe beautiful. Injures him. K1013
• Making the beard golden: "such a one". A man named "Such a one" persuades an ogre to have his beard gilded. He covers it with tar and leaves the ogre caught to the tar-kettle. The ogre with his tar-kettle wanders about and asks everyone, "Have you seen such a one?" K1013.1
• "Painting" on the haycock. The fox persuades the wolf to lie on the hay in order to be painted. He sets fire to it. K1013.2
• Making wife beautiful by burning her. K1013.2.1
• Burning children on promise of giving them fawn's beautiful spots. K1013.2.2
• "Painting" with a red hot iron. K1013.3
• Trickster to give wings to tiger. Wounds him fatally. K1013.4
• False hair-restorer injures patient. K1013.5
• Trick: breaking legs for prowess in dancing (or for swiftness). K1013.6
• Pepper given as ointment for burns. (Cf. K1045.) K1014
• Pepper up noses as remedy. K1014.1
• Pepper rubbed on injured skin. K1014.2
• False remedy for toothache. K1015
• Biting on stone given as remedy for toothache. Teeth injured. K1015.1
• Leopard wants teeth filed: large stone dropped from tree knocks all leopard's teeth out. K1015.2
• Beetles and barley introduced into wounds on pretence of healing them. K1016
• Feeling pulse: doctor severs arteries instead. K1017
• Hare flatters other animals into letting it bite off their ears. K1018
• Deception into disastrous attempt to procure food. K1020
• The tail fisher. The bear is persuaded to fish with his tail through a hole in the ice. When he is attacked and tries to escape, he loses his tail. K1021
• Tail buried (hair tied). Dupe bound fast and then attacked. K1021.1
• Hair tied to basket so that dupe kills self when she throws basket down. K1021.1.1
• Basket tied to wolf's tail and filled with stones. Wolf is persuaded that it is filled with fish. K1021.2
• Bear persuaded to slide down rock. Wears off tail. K1021.3
• Dupe persuaded to steal food: cannot escape. K1022
• Wolf overeats in the cellar (smokehouse). Cannot escape through the entrance hole. K1022.1
• Jackal eating into elephant's dead body becomes a prisoner when it dries up; is released when storm moistens hide. K1022.1.1
• Wolf tied to cow's horns. The fox ties one end of the rope around the wolf's neck, the other to the cow they intend to eat. The cow drags the wolf to the house where the man skins it. K1022.2
• Water-monster, trying to pull horse into water, is dragged to house where he begs for his life and is spared. K1022.2.1
• Bear throws hens to the fox, falls from the roof-beam, and is beaten. K1022.3
• Wolf brings cake from the window-sill. He imitates the fox in so doing, but rings a bell, so that he is beaten. K1022.4
• Turtle induced to rob in a man's garden. K1022.5
• Otter persuaded to rob: beaten. K1022.5.1
• Fox eats cake: gets brass pot caught on neck. K1022.6
• Thieving wolf persuaded to stick head through handle of jar of wine so as to be able to carry it off and also sing. K1022.7
• Getting honey from the wasp-nest. The dupe is stung. K1023
• Dupe allowed to guard "king's drum": it is a wasp nest. K1023.1
• Dupe allowed to guard "king's girdle": it is a snake, which bites him. K1023.1.1
• Dupe persuaded to pick up biting ants. K1023.2
• Dupe persuaded to sit on ant hole. Hindquarters eaten. K1023.3
• Animal made to believe sound of swarming bees is that of her children singing in school. Rushes to water to relieve stings and is drowned. K1023.4
• Dupe induced to strike at bee's nest: badly bitten. K1023.5
• Beginning with the smallest. Animals are to eat one another up to avoid starvation. The fox persuades them to start with the smallest. K1024
• Eating his own entrails. The fox persuades the wolf to do so. K1025
• The fox suggests eating his own brains. The wolf, wanting to get brains, strikes his head against a tree. K1025.1
• Tiger persuaded to eat own eyes. K1025.2
• Dupe imitates trickster's thefts and is caught. K1026
• Dupe made to sit on hot stone. K1032
• Jackal persuaded to come to fireplace for food. Burns self. (Cf. K955.) K1032.1
• Hot porridge in the ogre's throat. He is tricked into burning his throat. K1033
• Dupe persuaded to climb rope for food: rope breaks. K1034
• Stone (hard fruit) thrown into greedy dupe's mouth. K1035
• Trickster pretends to give dupe magic power to produce food. Injures him. K1036
• Dupe told he can get meat by putting hand up animal's anus: animal drags him. (Cf. K952.1, K1022.1.1.) K1036.1
• Jackal puts head in anus of sham-dead camel: caught and punished. K1036.1.1
• Dupe injures self on fence of thorns surrounding food-plants. K1038
• Dupe otherwise persuaded to voluntary self-injury. K1040
• Borrowed feathers. Dupe lets himself be carried aloft by bird and dropped. K1041
• Flight by putting on bird feathers. Dupe falls. K1041.1
• Water bird takes dupe to sea: shakes him off into water. K1042
• Elephant offers to let chameleon hold on to his tail: it is oiled and chameleon falls off. K1042.1
• Dupe induced to eat sharp (stinging, bitter) fruit. K1043
• Monkey "shares" ointment with tiger: produces sores. K1043.1
• Dupe persuaded to eat stones. K1043.2
• Dupe induced to eat filth (dung). K1044
• Dupe induced to drink urine. K1044.1
• Dupe persuaded to oversalt (overpepper) food. K1045
• Dupe fed oversalted food. K1045.1
• Dupe persuaded to rub salt on wounds. K1045.2
• Dupe persuaded to scald self with hot water in order to learn languages. K1046
• The bear bites the seemingly dead horse's tail. Is dragged off by the horse. K1047
• Diving for sheep. Dupe persuaded that sheep have been lost in river. K1051
• Dupe induced to dive for alleged jewels. K1051.1
• Diving for clothes. K1051.2
• Diving to become strong. K1051.3
• Dragon attacks own image in mirror. K1052
• Robber persuaded to climb down moonbeam. A man hearing a robber enter tells his wife aloud that he always makes a prayer and then enters the house by climbing down a moonbeam. The thief tries it and falls. K1054
• Dupe persuaded to get into grass in order to learn new dance. Grass set on fire. K1055
• Crocodile hides in strawstack and is burned to death. K1055.1
• Dupe allowed to guard "king's litter": sticks in mud. K1056
• Gun as tobacco pipe. The trickster gives the ogre the gun to smoke. K1057
• Deer persuaded to butt head into tree. Kills himself. K1058
• Serpent's jewel is covered with spiked helmet so that when he tries to recover it he strikes and is spiked to death. K1058.1
• Dupe digs till he dies of exhaustion. Rabbit entertains the wolf with his antics until the rabbit's wife can change to another hole. The wolf continues to dig. K1061
• Dupe persuaded to transform self into animal. Cannot change back. K1062
• Man dupes animals into turning their tongues upside down. K1064
• Duck persuades cock to cut off his crest and spurs. The cat attacks the duck, who cries, "peace, gentlemen, peace!" K1065
• Dupe induced to incriminate himself. Taught incriminating song or persuaded to wear incriminating clothes. K1066
• Trickster teaches a dupe a strange language. K1068
• The laborer teaches his master birds' talk. Puts him in a sack and beats him. K1068.1
• Teaching Latin. Cuts off tip of pupil's tongue or orders him to lick cold iron – pupil injures himself. K1068.2
• Peas strewn on stairs so that person will slip. K1071
• Fairy induces hero to dive into lake which makes person old. K1072
• Dupe tricked into sitting on hot iron. K1074
• Fox persuades bear to lie in the haycock and wait for sheep. He sets fire to the hay. (Cf. K1013.2.) K1075
• Dupe tricked into breaking tabu by lying. K1076
• Men tricked into bathing in "disease-water". K1077
• Dupe sleeps on the "king's bed": falls into well beneath and dies. K1078