Respite from death while captive plays music (whistles). Rescue arrives

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Respite from death while captive plays music (whistles). Rescue arrives.

Deceptions. · Escape by deception. · Escape by false plea. · view the constellation · filed as K551.3.2

Scholars’ trail — 3references

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.

general *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 173
general Wienert FFC LVI 52 (ET 113), 99 (ST 127)
general Halm Aesop No. 134.

Within the index

Filed under Respite from death until victim has blown on a horn (three times). Rescuers come.

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Respite from death while one sings song

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