Comparative mythology corpus

False External Heart Deception

1 appearances across 1 tradition groups.

Evidence

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TraditionSourcePassageConfidenceEvidenceRecord
Buddhist The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India CONTENTS / THE GIANT CRAB / THE HYPOCRITICAL CAT / THE CROCODILE AND THE MONKEY; lines 287-410 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. record