Princess cuts hair to escape captor who holds her hair in hand while sleeping with her

Motif

Princess cuts hair to escape captor who holds her hair in hand while sleeping with her.

Deceptions. · Escape by deception. · Death escaped through disguise, shamming, or substitution. · view the constellation · filed as K538

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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.

LithuanianBalys Index No. 871*
RussianAndrejev No. 871*.

Within the index

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

Filed beside it

Escape by disguise 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

Carried in tale types

The Princess Who Goes to Seek Trouble [H1376 · ATU 871*1 recorded variant

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