Disguise as girl to avoid execution

Motif

Disguise as girl to avoid execution.

Deceptions. · Escape by deception. · Death order evaded. · view the constellation · filed as K514

““I am sure I saw it before you,” said the first speaker again, “and, therefore, it is mine.” “Well, you may have the box, but its contents shall belong to me,” replied the other. They picked up the box, and began to carry it, but finding it somewhat heavy and being anxious to know what it con- tained, they stopped to untie it. “If there are many things in there, I shall have some of them,”’ said the first speaker, who rued her bargain.”

— Tales of the North American Indians, Tale 40 · served from our shelf receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

Attested across traditions

North American IndigenousTales of the North American Indians, Tale 40 receipt

Scholars’ trail — 6references

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.

IcelandicAnssaga Bogsveigis (FAS II) 359
GreekRoscher Lexikon s. v. "Achilleus"
N. Am. Indian*Thompson Tales 313 n. 128
Africa (Ba Ronga)Einstein 260, (Zulu): Callaway 40.
general *Oesterley No. 156
general *Herbert III 133 No. 117

Within the index

Filed under Death order evaded.

1 finer motif beneath it

Girl substituted for boy to avoid slaughter by father

Filed beside 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 Escape by hiding

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Transformation by putting on skin. By putting on the skin, feathers, etc. of an animal, a person is transformed to that animal Transformation by eating or drinking Clam test. Hero is sent to capture a giant clam, so that he can be killed Wedge test. Hero is caught in cleft of tree Cruel uncle Exposure in boat. A person (usually woman or child) set adrift in a boat (chest, basket, cask)

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