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- Ass betrays deity's secret: hence his ugly bray. A2239.3
- Bird betrays woman's infidelity. (Cf. B134.1.) B131.3
- Bird betrays hiding-place of the Virgin. B131.6
- Dog betrays woman's infidelity. (Cf. B1313.) B134.1
- Dog betrays murder. B134.2
- Magic speaking reed (tree) betrays secret. King has whispered secret to hole in the ground. Reed growing from this hole tells the secret. D1316.5
- Food sticks in thief's throat and betrays him. (Cf. D1030.) D1318.7.1.2
- Magic cloth betrays thief. Calls out, telling who is wearing it. D1318.8.1
- Clever woman and devil as paramour. Devil betrays means by which he can be driven out. D1386.2.1
- Fetish betrays fugitive. (Cf. D1241.) D1612.1.3
- Hiding place speaks and betrays hider. D1612.3
- Changeling betrays his age when his wonder is excited. Usually pottage is boiled in an eggshell. The changeling: "I shall soon be a hundred years old but I never saw this done before!" F321.1.1.1
- Changeling plays on pipe and thus betrays his maturity. F321.1.1.2
- Changeling dances wild dance to music, betrays maturity. F321.1.1.2.1
- Changeling addresses woman in verse and thus betrays maturity. F321.1.1.3
- Changeling shows supernatural power to work and thus betrays maturity. F321.1.1.4
- Dwarfs' gifts cease when mortal betrays the source. (Cf. C420, F348.5.) F451.5.1.6.1
- Tailor married to princess betrays trade by calling for needle and thread. H38.2.1
- Peasant boy masking as prince betrays self by his answers. H38.2.2
- Weaver married to princess betrays trade by talking in his sleep. H38.2.4
Tale types
- ATU 1358* Child Unwittingly Betrays his Mother's Adultery
- ATU 1541** The Student Betrays the Shoemakers
- ATU 160* A Woman Betrays a Bear (previously The Woman Betrays the Bears)
- ATU 161 The Farmer Betrays the Fox by Pointing
- ATU 1833K The Thief Betrays Himself
- ATU 66B Sham-Dead (Hidden) Animal Betrays Self
- ATU 875A Girl's Riddling Answer Betrays a Theft