Motif
Feigning ignorance to lure the guilty party
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A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family, within the sub-family Staged Deceptions and Feigned Conditions. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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japanese
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Japanese Fairy Tales THE HAPPY HUNTER AND THE SKILLFUL FISHER / THE STORY OF THE OLD MAN WHO MADE WITHERED TREES TO FLOWER / THE JELLY FISH AND THE MONKEY / THE QUARREL OF THE MONKEY AND THE CRAB; lines 5295-5401 confidence: high
The young crab's apparent unconcern is part of his plan: he pretends not to know the murderer and pretends to think his father died by his own fault so that the revenge plot can remain secret.
The young crab pretends not to know the murderer and sends a messenger with an invitation that reassures the monkey and draws him toward the planned revenge.
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