Mists which lead astray

Motif

Mists which lead astray.

Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Deception by disguise or illusion. · Illusions. · view the constellation · filed as K1886.2

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

Irish myth*Cross
BretonSébillot Incidents s. v. "brume".

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Filed under Illusions in landscape.

1 finer motif beneath it

Enemies magically caused to lose sight of each other while hunting

Filed beside it

Mirage. Illusory water and land Mock sunrise. Contract is to be fulfilled at dawn. Wolf makes fire as mock sunrise. Is caught Travelers mistake brushwood at a distance for a ship Companions separated by illusory city Illusory shapes of animals made to appear on hilltops Illusory mountain (hill)

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