μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Person holds hat just outside shelter; enemies shoot at it, either giving away their position or putting themselves at a disadvantage in having to reload.

Deceptions. · Escape by deception. · Escape by disarming (making pursuit difficult). · view the constellation · filed as K631.3

Filed across the traditions
  • U.S. *Baughman.
Within the index

Filed under Captor induced to disarm himself.

Filed beside it
Captive dodges when captor tries to cut off his hand; the hatchet sticks in a log and the captor is disarmed Disarming by a shooting test. The captor is thus induced to fire all his shots

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