Missile thrown among enemies causes them to fight one another — Mythoi

Motif

Missile thrown among enemies causes them to fight one another.

Deceptions. · Deception into self-injury. · Persons duped into injuring each other. · view the constellation · filed as K1082.1

Filed across the traditions

Icelandic Boberg
Greek Frazer Apollodorus I 317 n. 1 → on our shelf: The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK III, ch. IV
Indonesia De Vries's list No. 286.
general DeVries Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsche Taal- en Letterkunde XLVII 73

Within the index

Filed under Ogres (large animals, sharp-elbowed women) duped into fighting each other. Trickster strikes one so that he thinks the other has done it.

Filed beside it

Enemies duped into fighting each other Object thrown into air causes enemies to fight over it Bird lighting on the heads of group of men causes them to kill one another with blows on the head

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Origin of Hyades Men created from sown dragon's teeth City founded on spot where cow lies down Transformation: man to kid Transformation to seduce Magic plant Power of prophecy a gift Power of prophecy lost by spitting. When possessor of power on request spits into mouth of man who has taught him, he loses the power Resuscitation by herbs (leaves) Punishment: transformation to deer which is devoured by dogs Boiling to death. Often in pitch or oil Child incubated in man's thigh

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