Monkey attracts attention of mowers until young birds can fly away from the harvest field — Mythoi

Motif

Monkey attracts attention of mowers until young birds can fly away from the harvest field.

Deceptions. · Escape by deception. · Escape by help of confederate. · view the constellation · filed as K644

Filed across the traditions

Japanese Ikeda
Indonesia DeVries's list No. 82.

Within the index

Filed under Escape by help of confederate.

Filed beside it

One animal saves another by frightening enemy away Free animal saves its captured friend Confederate sings and delays pursuers so that fugitive escapes Monkey saves condemned birds through feigned dream Fugitive's confederate misdirects pursuer Confederate cuts rope almost in two so that prisoner breaks it and flees Bird's call attracts attention of pursuer so that trickster escapes Escape by help of confederate – miscellaneous

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