μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Escape by disguise.

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

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Filed across the traditions
  • India *Thompson-Balys.
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Filed under Death escaped through disguise, shamming, or substitution.

11 finer motifs beneath it
Escape by dressing in animal (bird, human) skin Change of bodily appearance so as to escape 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
Filed beside it
Escape by shamming death Escape by shamming illness Escape by use of substituted object. The object is attacked rather than the intended victim Captor's bag filled with animals or objects while captives escape Escape by substituting another person in place of the intended victim Substitute in ordeal. An ordeal (usually dangerous) is escaped by deceptively providing a substitute Escape from battle by magic invisibility Escape under mantle of invisibility Escape by successive disguises Escape by reversing shoes (boat) Captors deceived into believing captive is planning to stay with them: vigilance relaxed. Captured general orders heavy boxes taken into the temple. These are thought to be gold and it is concluded that he will not try to leave. He escapes Princess cuts hair to escape captor who holds her hair in hand while sleeping with her

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