The constellation
K677 Hero tests the rope on which he is to be pulled to upper world. By placing stones on the rope he discovers his companions' treacherous plan to cut the rope
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The same sky, in words
filed under
- Other means of escape · K650 entry
beneath it
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- Wolf descends into well in one bucket and rescues fox in the other · K651 entry
- Fox climbs from pit on wolf's back · K652 entry
- Prisoner kills his watchers who enter to torture him. Escapes · K655 entry
- Captors lured into drowning selves · K656 entry
- Exaggerated tales about escapes · K657 entry
- Escape from suspicion of crime · K661 entry
- Captive throws his hat to lions who fight over it while he escapes · K671 entry
- Captive throws his shoe at serpent who chokes while he escapes · K672 entry
- Sleeping potion given to man who is to pass the night with a girl. (Sometimes magic pillow or magic sleeping card.) · K675 entry
- Trickster persuades pursuers to ride in his basket. Leaves basket on limb of tree and escapes · K676 entry