Hero tests the rope on which he is to be pulled to upper world. By placing stones on the rope he discovers his companions' treacherous plan to cut the rope

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Hero tests the rope on which he is to be pulled to upper world. By placing stones on the rope he discovers his companions' treacherous plan to cut the rope.

Deceptions. · Escape by deception. · Other means of escape. · view the constellation · filed as K677

Scholars’ trail — 2references

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general *Type 301
general Köhler-Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. VI 165 (Gonzenbach No. 64).

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Filed under Other means of escape.

1 finer motif beneath it

Hero hides in treasure box and thus circumvents plot to leave him below when companions pull up box

Filed beside it

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