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Motifs
- Trespass betrayed by dripping candle. (Cf. C31.1, C32.1.) C916.1
- Devil is betrayed by his goat hoofs. G303.4.5.4.1
- Person betrayed into ogre's power. G410
- Person's rank betrayed by habitual conversation. H38
- Clandestine visit of princess to hero betrayed by token. H81.2
- Clandestine visit of lover to queen betrayed by token. H81.3
- Parents's misdeeds innocently betrayed by children. J125
- Adulteress betrayed by little child's remark. J125.2
- Dupe betrayed by asking him ambiguous questions. They are phrased in such a way that he understands them differently from the way they are intended. K493
- Sham-dead tiger betrayed by his live penis. K607.3.1
- Man betrayed into eating his own children. K940.1
- Man betrayed into eating his own children and setting the village on fire. (Cf. K941.2, K944.) K940.1.1
- Man betrayed into killing his wife or grandmother. K940.2
- Faithless wife kills magic parrot which has betrayed her. K1591.0.1
- Noah's secret betrayed by his wife. The devil persuades his wife to intoxicate him and then find out what he is doing (building the ark). K2213.4.2
- Secret wealth betrayed by money left in borrowed money-scales. N478
- Secret meat-eating betrayed by grease on mouth. N478.1
- Faithful servant locks his master and his friend up in a little house built from wood from their wrecked ships; they falsely think themselves betrayed. R53.4