33 motifs match “pretending”  ·  back to the chapters

• Consolation by pretending that one does not want the thing he cannot have. J870
• Cheater put out of countenance by raising alarm. Wine seller carries water into his cellar. Man raises alarm pretending that he thought the house must be afire. J1216
• Poet (Dante) puts ruler out of countenance. Ruler had instructed jesters to tease him. The poet cleverly answers his questioners pretending to have the impression that the questions are addressed to the ruler. J1224.2
• Trickster cheats by pretending deafness. Palm rat, when asked to throw down nuts according to bargain, replies that he is deaf when eating. K231.15
• Partridge pretending to be wounded entices woman from food while jackal eats it. K341.5.2
• Playing godfather. By pretending that he has been invited to be godfather, the trickster makes an opportunity to steal the provisions stored by him and the dupe for the winter. When he returns on successive occasions he reports the name of the child as "Just Begun," "Half Done," etc. K372
• Entry into enemy's presence by pretending to be a messenger from a relative. K477.3
• Escape by pretending to go to river and wash clothes. K551.4.5
• Escape by pretending to go for bath. K551.4.7
• Escape by pretending to return for hair ribbon. K551.4.8
• Escape from threatened captivity by pretending to send for object for captor. K551.25
• Escape by pretending to perform errand (do work) for captor. K567
• Escape by pretending to dance so as to be untied. K571
• Escape from robbers by pretending to be going the same way but separating at the first opportunity. K579.3
• Escape from pursuers by pretending to be one of them. K579.3.1
• Trickster, pretending not to see attacking enemy, sings song of friendship. K606.0.3
• Capture of castle by pretending to surrender and entering. K777
• Seduction by pretending to give childless man's wife medicine. When husband comes at cockcrow as he was told, trickster says he came too late and they must do it again. K1315.2.4
• Seduction by pretending to instruct (or to need instruction) in marital duties. K1315.7.1
• Trickster gains access to woman's room by pretending he has news of her absent lover. K1349.2
• Paramour escapes by pretending to be returning borrowed basket. K1517.11
• Lover's gift regained: horse and wagon as gift. The lover regains gift of horse and wagon by pretending to the husband that the wife has confiscated them because he brought wood of uneven quality. K1581.2
• Lover's gift regained: jewelry as gift. The lover presents the wife with a valuable piece of jewelry, which he regains by pretending to the husband that he has left it as a pledge. K1581.6
• Hero frightens dog into giving up eating men by pretending to eat own entrails. K1721.1
• King persuades men to follow him, pretending that he is going to make peace with his brothers, instead battle. K1774
• Deception by pretending sleep. K1868
• Man wins girl's love by pretending to wealth and nobility. Deception is discovered and impostor is banished. K1917.5
• Drunken man by pretending to want to buy an elephant makes king think him rich. K1954.2
• Crow gets to owls pretending crows have cast him out. Having learned secret retreats of owls, he returns to crows and leads them to victory over owls. K2042
• Cat hangs on wall pretending to be dead: mice detect plan. K2061.9
• Woman destroys men's friendship by pretending to whisper to one. K2131.3
• Enemy induced to give up siege by pretending to have plenty of food. K2365.1
• Temporary advantage gained by pretending to yield in a combat. K2378