μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Change of bodily appearance so as to escape.

Deceptions. · Escape by deception. · Death escaped through disguise, shamming, or substitution. · view the constellation · filed as K521.2

Within the index

Filed under Escape by disguise.

5 finer motifs beneath it
Disguise by shaving off beard so as to escape Disguise by mutilation so as to escape. Ears cut off, eyes put out, etc Disguise as king with mask in order to hide from enemy who has ruined warrior's face and torn his beard off Disguise as farmer so as to escape Disguise as carpenter so as to escape
Filed beside it
Escape by dressing in animal (bird, human) skin Disguise by painting (covering with soot, etc.) so as to escape Clothes changed so as to escape Escape in huge pumpkin shell. (Attempted.) Abbot escapes from his paramour's husband in disguise of priest One animal escapes by shamming as another (jackal as goat) Goat escapes from jackal by being covered with flowers Women escape from enemy's camp disguised as ascetics Hare escapes lion by being bundled in brushwood Hare and bride travel in pot to escape tiger, answer "Ruined pot" when challenged

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