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.

  • MaoriClark 167
  • Africa (Zulu)Callaway 78, (Angola): Chatelain 99 No. 6.
Within the index

Filed under Death escaped through disguise, shamming, or substitution.

4 finer motifs beneath it
Illness (madness, dumbness, etc.) feigned to escape unwelcome marriage. (Cf. K522.0.1, K523.1.)Illness feigned to escape unwelcome meetingEscape by shamming madness. (Cf. K523.0.1.)Escape by shamming leprosy
Filed beside it
Escape by disguiseEscape by shamming deathEscape by use of substituted object. The object is attacked rather than the intended victimCaptor's bag filled with animals or objects while captives escapeEscape by substituting another person in place of the intended victimSubstitute in ordeal. An ordeal (usually dangerous) is escaped by deceptively providing a substituteEscape from battle by magic invisibilityEscape under mantle of invisibilityEscape by successive disguisesEscape 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 escapesPrincess cuts hair to escape captor who holds her hair in hand while sleeping with her

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