• Witch pretends sickness and kicks helper into pit. G269.1.1
• Man pretends to cut toenails of cannibal woman: kills her. G519.1.2
• King brought to sense of duty by feigned conversation of birds. Philosopher pretends to know bird's language and to be translating what they tell him. J816.1
• Man pretends idiocy so as to avoid compromising himself when summoned to testify by two rival queens before the king. J822.1
• The fox and the sour grapes. Pretends that the grapes he cannot reach are sour. J871
• Mole pretends that he sees, smells, and hears. His mother tells him to claim no more senses than he has. J958
• Fox pretends that he has been to the farmyard only to see if any of his kindred were there. J1391.5
• Trickster artist hoodwinks king: cuckold's eyes cannot see picture. King pretends to see the picture. Courtiers reveal that there is no picture. J1492
• Boy pretends to speak only Latin. Father, chastising his lazy son, also speaks in "Latin". J1511.11
• Deer captured in bird-net: water flows upstream. One partner claims a deer he has captured in his bird-net. The other pretends to be watching water flow upstream. J1534
• Man who continually threatens to leave wife mortified when she tells him to go; pretends his buffalo is dragging him home (after he does leave). J1545.3.3
• The testament of the dog. The owner of a dog has him given Christian burial. The bishop thereupon pretends that the dog has left the church a large legacy. J1607
• Barber's and jackal's common garden: jackal pretends that garden has not yielded any fruit at all. K171.8
• Thief pretends to be girl's bridegroom and calls for her. K311.8.3
• Thief pretends to return grass that has stuck to his clothes to ground where it belongs. K323
• Thief pretends to show how horse can be stolen; rides it off. K341.8
• Trickster pretends to ride home for tools to perform tricks. Rides away on horse. K341.8.1
• Thief pretends to horse dealer that he wishes to buy a horse. Dealer allows him to climb on horse to see how he rides; thief runs off with horse. K341.8.2
• Master thief pretends to throw needle and thread in anger at his son. But it contains stolen cloth. K341.13.1
• Trickster pretends to have spit in wine accidentally. Is allowed to drink it. K355.1

all 87 in the index →

• ATU 1407A 'Everything!' A miserly man marries a woman who pretends to eat nothing
• ATU 1641A Sham Physician Pretends to Diagnose Entirely from Urinanalysis
• ATU 859 The Penniless Bridegroom Pretends to Wealth [K1917]