Illusions — Mythoi

Motif

Illusions.

Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Deception by disguise or illusion. · Illusions. · view the constellation · filed as K1870

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Greco-Roman The Library (Bibliotheca) , BOOK III, ch. XII
Middle Eastern The Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments , Chapter 12
Literary Crystallization The Prophetic Books of William Blake (Sampson's Oxford Blake) , The Book of Los
Ancient Egyptian The Egyptian Book of the Dead , Chapter CXXV (2)

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth *Cross.
general *BP III 201ff.
general *Hibbard 205 n. 9

Within the index

11 finer motifs beneath it

Deception by legerdemain Camouflage Deception by sham blood. By stabbing bag of blood (or otherwise) trickster makes dupe think that he is bleeding Absent person seems to be present Illusory enemies Illusion of death Dead made to appear alive Illusions in landscape Illusory sounds Illusory light Other illusions

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Illusory transformation of animals in order to sell and cheat. (Cf. D2031, K1870.)

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