Motif
False external heart deception
false_external_heart_deception
A motif of the External Soul and Life-Token family, within the sub-family External Life-Tokens, Invulnerability, and Decoys. 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 CONTENTS / THE GIANT CRAB / THE HYPOCRITICAL CAT / THE CROCODILE AND THE MONKEY; lines 287-410 confidence: high
The monkey replies that monkeys do not carry hearts inside them and points to round things in a tree, claiming they are monkey hearts; the crocodile believes him and takes him across.
The monkey falsely claims that his heart is stored outside his body in a tree, inducing the crocodile to bring him to safety.
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