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- The musician in the wolf-trap: meets wolf already trapped, and saves himself by playing music. (Cf. K551.3.1.) B848.1
- Knockers kick rungs out of ladders, cutting off escape of trapped miners. F456.1.2.1.4
- Ogre trapped in box (cage). G514.1
- The forehanded servant. A parson boasts that when he asks his maid if certain work is done she always answers that it has been done long ago. A guest wagers that she can be trapped if she is asked whether she has thrown the parson's suit of clothes into the tub of water. She overhears the wager and has the suit in the water before he asks the question. J1614
- Jackal entrapped in elephant's carcass tells passing God to show his magic power by making it rain. Elephant's hide swells; jackal escapes. K565.2
- Victim trapped. K730
- Animal trapped through curiosity as to what the trap is. K730.1
- The entrapped suitors. (Lai l'épervier.) The chaste wife has them one at a time undress and hide. The husband and guests come and chase them off. K1218.1
- The entrapped suitors: the chaste wife tricks them into casks. The husband takes the casks to the marketplace where he opens them. K1218.1.1
- The entrapped suitors: the chaste wife has them caught. Forces them to work for her. K1218.1.2
- The entrapped suitor: tricked into room where he is left to himself. K1218.1.3
- Priest trapped in window and humiliated. K1243