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- Why hyena has short left hind foot. Deceived into jumping by jackal. (Cf. A2284.6.) A2375.2.5
- Enemy's army deceived by illusion produced by saint. D2163.7
- Resuscitation: ghosts deceived so that they cannot find way back to grave. E141
- Ghost deceived. E432
- Haunting ghost deceived so that he cannot find road to return. E432.1
- Dead man visiting wife deceived by wife's absurd actions – "no more absurd than ghost visiting wife". (Cf. E321.2, E474.) E432.2
- Changeling deceived into betraying his age. F321.1.1
- Spirits deceived by drum-beats and hoodwinkings. F405.3
- Man imitates cock crowing: devil is deceived. G303.16.19.4.1
- Ogre deceived into self-injury. G520
- Ogre deceived into stabbing himself. He imitates the hero who has stabbed a bag of blood. G524
- Ogre deceived into hanging himself. G524.1
- Ogre deceived by feigned ignorance of hero. Hero must be shown how to get into oven (or the like). Ogre shows him and permits himself to be burnt. G526
- Hero hidden and ogre deceived by his wife (daughter) when he says that he smells human blood. G532
- Ogre deceived into releasing prisoner. G560
- Ogre deceived by throwing burning oil instead of spittle on him. G572.1
- Ogre deceived by showing sharp knife or sword for nose or tongue. G572.2
- Man deceived by his hireling. J1114.1
- Guilty person deceived into gesture (act) which admits guilt. J1141.1
- Man breaks promise to sleep chastely with woman. Decision: deceived fiance is to sleep with seducer's wife, if he ever marries. J1174.2.1
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