In order to save child from death, maid substitutes block dressed to resemble it. Enemy strikes block.
Deceptions. · Escape by deception. · Death escaped through disguise, shamming, or substitution. · view the constellation · filed as K525.1.3
Motif
Filed across the traditions
- Irish myth *Cross.
Within the index
Filed under Substituted object left in bed while intended victim escapes.
Filed beside it
ask the rhapsode about this motif · search the shelf for “substitutes” · wander