μῦθοι Mythoi
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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 mythCross
  • IcelandicBoberg.
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Filed under Disguise to enter enemy's camp (castle).

Filed beside it
Disguise to spy on enemyOwner admitted into his own castle, captured in his absence, in guise of a monk. He has given news to conqueror of his purported deathDisguise as musician to enter enemy's campDisguise as pilgrim to enter enemy's camp (castle)Disguise as old man to enter enemies' campRabbi feigns death to be carried out of the besieged city and to approach enemyWeapons disguised permit entry to enemies' campWoman disguises as man to enter enemy's camp. Slays enemy kingDisguise in killed enemy's clothes to enter enemy's castleDisguise as woman to enter enemy's camp (castle)Disguise as beggar (pauper) to enter enemy's camp (castle) or to spyDisguise as leper to enter enemy's camp. (Cf. K1818.1.)Disguise as carpenter (tradesman) to enter enemy's camp. (Cf. K1816.11.)Disguise as juggler to enter enemy's campDisguise as churl (bachlach) to enter enemy's hallCapture by hiding warriors in baskets on back of oxen driven into enemy's camp on pretence that food is being brought
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Disguise as merchant

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