μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Drowning punishment for turtle (eel, crab). By expressing horror of drowning, he induces his captor to throw him into the water – his home.

Deceptions. · Escape by deception. · Captor persuaded into illusory punishment. · view the constellation · filed as K581.1

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Scholars’ trail — 15references

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.

  • EnglandBaughman
  • DanishChristensen DF XLVII 171
  • India*Thompson-Balys
  • IndonesiaDixon 195, 196 n. 32, *DeVries Volksverhalen II 360 No. 107
  • PhilippineFansler MAFLS XII 443, (Tinguian): Cole 196, 197 n. 1
  • N. Am. Indian*Thompson Tales 302 n. 108
  • Africa (Angola)Chatelain 153 No. 17, (Jaunde): Heepe 107
  • American Negro (Georgia)Harris Remus 58 No. 12, 115 No. 24, Friends 167 No. 23, cf. Harris Nights 61 No. 12
  • JamaicaBeckwith MAFLS XVII 236 No. 5
  • West IndiesFlowers 516.
  • general *Type 1310
  • general *Dh IV 43
  • general Köhler-Bolte I 266
  • general *Fb "ål" III 1190b
  • general (Benga): Nassau 124 No. 12, (Ibo, Nigeria): Thomas 88, (Yoruba): Ellis 266 No. 3, (Zanzibar): Bateman 40 No. 2
Within the index

Filed under Animal "punished" by being placed in favorite environment.

Filed beside it
Briar-patch punishment for rabbit. By expressing horror of being thrown into the briar patch he induces his captor into doing so. He runs offBurying the mole as punishmentBird punished by being thrown into airBurning the jackal. He expresses horror of that punishment. Sets fire to village from his burning tail. Why he has burnt tip on tailThieving insect put in closely woven basket asks to be put in a loosely woven one so he cannot see
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