μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Escape by giving narcotic to guards.

Deceptions. · Escape by deception. · Escape by deceiving the guard. · view the constellation · filed as K625

Filed across the traditions
  • Italian Novella Rotunda
  • India Thompson-Balys.
  • general Boje 112ff.
Within the index

Filed under Escape by deceiving the guard.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Escape of girl foiled by hero's refusal to take narcotic Escape by making the watchmen drunk
Filed beside it
Escape by blinding the guard. Pepper or tobacco thrown into his eyes Captive plays further and further from watchman and escapes Watchman outwitted by having rope stretched across the road while fugitives escape Abductors tricked into running race while captive escapes Escape by bribing the guard Escape by deceiving the guard – miscellaneous

ask the rhapsode about this motif · search the shelf for “narcotic” · wander