μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Escape by reversing horse's (ox's) shoes.

Deceptions. · Escape by deception. · Death escaped through disguise, shamming, or substitution. · view the constellation · filed as K534.1

Filed across the traditions
  • England Baughman
  • Icelandic *Boberg
  • Greek *Frazer Apollodorus II 8 n. 1 → on our shelf: The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK III, ch. X
  • Swiss Jegerlehner Oberwallis 324 No. 155
  • Chinese Chavannes 500 Contes II 407
  • Africa Frobenius Atlantis VII 6.
  • general *Fb "sko" III 288b, "gå" IV 194b, "hestesko" IV 214a
  • general Laport FFC LXXXIV 49
  • general Köhler-Bolte II 381
  • general *Child III 476n., 479f., 487, 489
  • general *Babler Sudetendeutsche Zs. f. Vksk. VII (1934) 77
Within the index

Filed under Escape by reversing shoes (boat).

Filed beside it
Escape by reversing snowshoes Hero walks backward to leave misleading trail Escape by rowing boat stern foremost
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
God as thief God serves as menial on earth Origin of lyre. Hermes makes it from a tortoise Origin of shepherd's pipe Color of raven. (Cf. A2237.1, A2234.1, A2231.1, A2218.1) Magic power of seeing things underground Resuscitation by blood Suitor contest: race Birth of human being from an egg. (Cf. F611.1.11.) Precocious infant

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