The constellation
K525 Escape by use of substituted object. The object is attacked rather than the intended victim
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- Substituted object left in bed while intended victim escapes · K525.1 entry
- Man steps aside so that only his shadow is caught · K525.2 entry
- Object substituted for murdered person so as to allay suspicion · K525.3 entry
- Animal jumps out of skin so that only skin is caught · K525.4 entry
- Man leaves mantle so that only mantle is hit · K525.5 entry
- Escape, leaving dog as substitute · K525.6 entry
- Girl escapes from ogress by substituting pig · K525.7 entry
- Destructive magic object tried out on something inanimate · K525.8 entry
- Cock's blood given spirits instead of human blood · K525.9 entry
- Escape by leaving behind false images made of spittle · K525.10 entry
keeps company
- World-fire. A conflagration destroys the earth. Sometimes (as with the flood legends) the tradition is somewhat local and does not refer to an actual destruction of the whole earth; sometimes the fire marks the end of the world · A1030 entry
- Fight of the gods and giants · A162.1 entry
- Looking tabu · C300 entry
- Sky-basket. Ascent to or descent from upper world in a basket · F51.2 entry
- Unnatural parents eat children · G72 entry
- Recognition by "force of nature". Unknown member of family immediately and magically recognized · H175 entry
carried in tale type
- Rescue by the Sister · ATU 311
- A Woman Betrays a Bear (previously The Woman Betrays the Bears) · ATU 160*
Thompson cites
- The Library (Bibliotheca) · BOOK I, ch. II
attested in
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 75