“induces” — Mythoi

Motifs

Magic object induces dreams. D1584
Charm induces dreams. D1584.1
Goat induces the camel to talk and meanwhile eats all the food. K334.2
Cheat induces dupe to go get food reported found and steals clothes as soon as they are left behind. K343.5
Clever husband being robbed induces wife to make outcry and summon help. K432.1.1
Drowning punishment for turtle (eel, crab). By expressing horror of drowning, he induces his captor to throw him into the water – his home. K581.1
Briar-patch punishment for rabbit. By expressing horror of being thrown into the briar patch he induces his captor into doing so. He runs off. K581.2
Weasel induces cuckoo to tell him that it cries at night when asleep. Hence weasels can kill cuckoos. K815.10
Hoodwinked dancers. A trickster induces ducks to dance with closed eyes and kills them. K826
Fairy induces hero to dive into lake which makes person old. K1072
Woman induces men to fight over her and kill each other. K1086
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
Holding up the rock. Trickster makes dupe believe that he is holding up a great rock and induces him to hold it for a while. (Sometimes steals the dupe's goods.) K1251
The general hatches out an egg. The page induces the general to take his place in sitting on the eggs. Then he calls the king to look. K1253
Supposed chest of gold induces children to care for aged father. They think that the chest of stones contains the inheritance. P236.2
Promise of marriage to king's daughter induces warrior to fight foster brother. P273.2.1
Saint's enemy, wishing to cause saint to violate his oath never to "commit folly and utter lie," induces his daughter to tempt saint. Saint perceives trick and avoids sin. T337.1
Boy to deceive his uncle: induces uncle to climb tree before deception begins: this is the deception. X905.4.1

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