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Motifs — first 20 of 29
- Moon deceives sun. A753.3.1
- Contest in lifelike painting: mare and curtain. First artist paints a mare so realistic as to deceive a stallion. Second paints a curtain which deceives the first artist. H504.1.2
- Contest in lifelike painting: grapes and curtain. First artist paints a bunch of grapes so realistically that it attracts the birds. The second artist paints a curtain which deceives the first artist. He wins. H504.1.3
- God cheats devil at mowing. God mows with a chisel, the devil with a scythe. God deceives devil into changing scythe for chisel. K42.2.1
- Blind Dupe. A blind man's arrow is aimed for him by his mother (or wife) who deceives him into thinking that he has missed his aim. She eats the slain game herself. K333.1
- Person being robbed deceives robbers and calls help. (Cf. K551.5.) K432
- Fugitive disguises successively in different forms and deceives pursuer into self-injury. K533.1
- Escape by pretended lousing. Captive pretends to louse the captor but deceives him by cracking berries in the teeth (or the like). K611.1
- Man in devils' power makes them believe he will return and is permitted to leave. Deceives them. K611.4
- Fox deceives lion into entering pit. K714.9.1
- Poor man deceives rich man, plays tricks on him, causes his death. K890.1
- Trickster eats all of tiger's cubs but one. Counts that one many times and deceives tiger. K933
- Mistress deceives lover with a substitute. K1223
- King's daughter deceives king by substituting her maid. K1223.5
- The unusual names. Assuming unusual names, the servant deceives the girl, her mother, and her father. K1399.2
- Trickster deceives dupe into killing his own children. K1464
- Adulteress falls in mud at lover's door. She deceives her husband by saying that she must enter and clean her dress. K1524
- Adulteress tells her lover how she loves her husband. She thus deceives the spying husband under the bed. K1532.1
- Sons have servant impersonate dead father and falsify his will. Servant deceives them by favoring himself. K1628
- Ant-eater deceives jaguar by excrement-exchange. K1721.2