μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Mock sunrise. Contract is to be fulfilled at dawn. Wolf makes fire as mock sunrise. Is caught.

Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Deception by disguise or illusion. · Illusions. · view the constellation · filed as K1886.3

Filed across the traditions
  • Cape Verde Islands *Parsons MAFLS XV(1) 6 n. 1.
Within the index

Filed under Illusions in landscape.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Mock sunrise: person causes cock to crow (simulates cock crow) Mock sunrise: dupe made to believe that flaunted bare buttocks are the rising sun Mock sunrise causes supernaturals (thieves) to drop burdens and flee. (Cf. F420.3.4.2.)
Filed beside it
Mirage. Illusory water and land Mists which lead astray 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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