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.

  • IndiaThompson-Balys
  • IndonesiaDeVries's list No. 8.
Within the index

Filed under Escape by disguise.

6 finer motifs beneath it
Disguise in clothes of other sex so as to escapeDisguise as musician in order to escapeEscape in humble disguise. (Cap o' Rushes.)Disguise as waiter in inn to escapeAdulteress escapes prison disguised as an old womanEscape by making sheaths of bark for fingers: hero leaves without awakening nymph wives who make him sleep with fingers in mouth
Filed beside it
Escape by dressing in animal (bird, human) skinChange of bodily appearance so as to escapeDisguise by painting (covering with soot, etc.) so as to escapeEscape in huge pumpkin shell. (Attempted.)Abbot escapes from his paramour's husband in disguise of priestOne animal escapes by shamming as another (jackal as goat)Goat escapes from jackal by being covered with flowersWomen escape from enemy's camp disguised as asceticsHare escapes lion by being bundled in brushwoodHare and bride travel in pot to escape tiger, answer "Ruined pot" when challenged

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