Types (none given)
Motifs K0827.3 Dupe persuaded to sing (dance) on trickster's body; when he approaches the mouth he is killed
K0815 victim lured by kind words approaches trickster and is killed
Notes
Harris compares this to a Kaffir tale which Thompson lists as K0815
"With no parallels in Europe, but parallels in Africa and the West Indies, the source is most likely Africa."
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MY NOTES
I'm not sure about "no parallels in Europe" since the Johnny-Cake story has the deafness trick or something similar to lure the cake into the mouth:
Johnny-Cake
Wonderful Cake
That is tale type ATU2025 (with the deafness trick at the end)
It also reminds me of the Native American stories about the dance-to-distract.
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