Motif
Collective destruction of the deceiving predator
collective_destruction_of_the_deceiving_predator
A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family, within the sub-family Escapes from Captors and Countertraps. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
buddhist
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The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India WARNING / CONTENTS / THE GIANT CRAB / THE HYPOCRITICAL CAT; lines 223-284 confidence: medium
The chief rat exposes the cat’s false piety, springs to the cat’s throat, and the other rats return during the scuffle.
Once the cat’s deception is exposed, the chief rat attacks and the other rats return to consume the cat completely.
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