μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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
  • Icelandic*Boberg.
Within the index

Filed under Military strategy – miscellaneous.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Largest part of fleet does not emerge until late in battleTreacherous king participates in battle only when he sees who is likely to win
Filed beside it
Marauder pretends beggary that king will underestimate his powerTreacherous ruler of city under siege sends sons to deliver city to enemyPostponing of payment asked in order to get time to gather reinforcementsBesiegers drowned by diversion of riverMilitary strategy: city won by turning river from its course through city. Enemy soldiers march through empty bed into cityShammed discussing of peace while getting reinforcementsCauldron containing lighted torch brought into enemy's camp ostensibly to be used for serving food: torch uncovered as signal for attackFairy mist mistaken for smoke of enemy's burning shipsHero causes confusion in enemy camp in dead of night: army men fall upon one another, convinced the enemy has infiltrated their campPoisoned food sent to enemy campBrambles heaped in ford to halt enemies

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