Death order evaded

Motif

Death order evaded.

Deceptions. · Escape by deception. · Death order evaded. · view the constellation · filed as K510

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

IndiaThompson-Balys.

Within the index

5 finer motifs beneath it

Uriah letter changed. Falsified order of execution. A messenger is sent with a letter ordering the recipient to kill the bearer. On the way the letter is changed so that the bearer is honored Compassionate executioner. A servant charged with killing the hero (heroine) arranges the escape of the latter Bribed executioner releases culprit Disguise as girl to avoid execution Escape by hiding

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