μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Cannibals advised to be absent while hero is being cooked; else he will not taste right. Hero escapes.

Deceptions. · Escape by deception. · Murderer or captor otherwise beguiled. · view the constellation · filed as K619.1

Filed across the traditions
  • Africa (Zulu) Callaway 6.
Within the index

Filed under Murderer or captor beguiled – miscellaneous.

1 finer motif beneath it
Cleanest girl to be eaten by ogress: clever girl shakes sesame into fire to simulate sound of burning lice
Filed beside it
Pursuer persuaded to put oil on a tree when he wants to climb after fugitives Trickster persuades pursuers to play fatal deceptive game

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