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Motifs
- Test of death: to see whether person is dead or feigning. H248
- Test of fidelity by feigning death. H1556.1
- Test of fidelity by feigning sleep in same bed as calumniated hero or alone in the forest with him. H1556.5
- Monkey saved from trap by feigning marriage. K579.4
- Capture by feigning death. (Cf. K757.) K751
- Capture by feigning illness. (Cf. K751.) K757
- Fox feigning illness admitted to hen-roost and kills the hens. K828.2
- Feigning death to kill enemy. K911
- Feigning deafness to lure enemy close and to kill him. K911.5
- Woman marries king feigning that she can heal him, and murders him in sleep. Afterward she takes the kingdom together with his counsellor. K959.2.4
- Adulteress frightens paramour with cries of "Rape!" Then she removes her husband's suspicion by feigning a fit. Later the paramour tricks her to his room and shows her naked, except for face, to her husband. K1213.1.1
- Trickster rides dupe horseback. Usually by feigning sickness he induces the dupe to carry him and then boasts that the dupe always acts as his horse. K1241
- Seduction by feigning enchantment. K1315.3.1
- Woman seduces boy by feigning illness (chill, etc.) K1393
- Sham wise man stays alone feigning study. Is really killing flies. K1956.5
- Capture of castle by feigning death. K2362
- Mysterious death as punishment for feigning sleep. (Cf. Q260.) Q558.10
- Father feigning death returns in disguise and seduces daughter. T411.1.2