Holes bored in enemies' boats prevent pursuit

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Holes bored in enemies' boats prevent pursuit.

Deceptions. · Escape by deception. · Escape by disarming (making pursuit difficult). · view the constellation · filed as K636

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Scholars’ trail — 7references

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Icelandic*Boberg
IndonesiaVan Baarde Bijdragen voor Taal-, Landen Volkenkunde van Ned.-Indie VII (2) 464
N. Am. IndianKrickeberg Indianermärchen aus Nord-Amerika (Jena, 1924) 209, (Hupa): Goddard U Cal I 154ff., (Montagnais): Speck JAFL XXXVIII 7.
general *Hdwb. d. Märchens I 552a n. 285
general Herrmann Saxo 125
general Kersbergen Literaire Motieven in de Njala (Rotterdam, 1927) 83
general Panzer Hilde-Gudrun

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Paddles broken in enemies' boat prevent pursuit

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Captor induced to disarm himself Mice gnaw enemies' bow strings and prevent pursuit Captor's powder is removed, ashes substituted: gun does not discharge Escape by arranging captor's clothes so as to delay him Sleeping enemies' hair tied to an object prevents pursuit Cutting thongs of sleds prevents pursuit Captive tied to captor escapes by tying end of rope to a post

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