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Motifs
- Serpent as deceiver in paradise. B176.1.1
- To be beaten by deceiver of husband. Lady has her women ready to give a trickster a beating. He is allowed to make one request. The one who has most often deceived her husband shall strike first. J1182.1
- The cynic and the deceiver. When the deceiver calls him wicked, he says, "I am glad that you are my enemy; for you do good to your enemies and evil to your friends." J1442.10
- Horse withheld as sacrifice to a saint refuses to move. The deceiver takes the horse to the church planning to remove him again, but the horse will not stir until a money equivalent has been paid. K231.3.4
- Deceiver falls into own trap. K1600
- Deceiver falls into his own trap (literally). Arranges a trap or pitfall but is himself caught. K1601
- Deceiver falls into his own trap – miscellaneous incidents. K1610
- Deceiver in swinging contest killed. Old woman planning to kill hero in swinging game by cutting rope is killed when hero cuts the rope first. K1618