μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Hero walks backward to leave misleading trail.

Deceptions. · Escape by deception. · Death escaped through disguise, shamming, or substitution. · view the constellation · filed as K534.3

Filed across the traditions
  • Africa (Fang) Trilles 139.
Within the index

Filed under Escape by reversing shoes (boat).

Filed beside it
Escape by reversing horse's (ox's) shoes Escape by reversing snowshoes Escape by rowing boat stern foremost

ask the rhapsode about this motif · search the shelf for “misleading” · wander