Respite from death gained by long-drawn-out speech

Motif

Respite from death gained by long-drawn-out speech.

Deceptions. · Escape by deception. · Escape by false plea. · view the constellation · filed as K555.1

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

IndiaThompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Executioner kept busy or interested until rescue comes. Sometimes until he changes his mind.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Respite from death gained by tale of the preparation of flax Respite from death gained by tale of the preparation of bread

Filed beside it

Respite from death gained by long-drawn-out song Tiger persuaded by jackals to settle argument. Tricked

wander