Animal allows himself to be tied so as to avoid being carried off by storm — Mythoi

Motif

Animal allows himself to be tied so as to avoid being carried off by storm.

Deceptions. · Capture by deception. · Victim enticed into voluntary captivity or helplessness. · view the constellation · filed as K713.1.1

Filed across the traditions

Africa (Wute) Sieber ZsES XII 215
American Negro (Georgia) Harris Friends 12ff. No. 2, Harris Nights 325ff. No. 56
West Indies Flowers 523f.
Cape Verde Islands *Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 324 n. 2
Jamaica Beckwith MAFLS XVII 233 No. 1.

Within the index

Filed under Deception into allowing oneself to be tied.

Filed beside it

Animal allows himself to be tied to another for safety. Carried to his death. (Cf. J2132.6.) Animal persuaded to be tied by promise of food Animal persuaded to be tied through curiosity to learn secret names Ogre allows self to be tied so as to learn magic Animal allows self to be tied so as to learn music Faithless wife ties sleeping husband's hair to bed, allowing lover to kill him Women bind warrior's hair to wall of hostel while he sleeps

Carried in tale types

Animal Tied Up because of a Storm (previously Animal Allows Himself to be Tied so as to Avoid Being Carried off by Storm) · ATU 78A 1 recorded variant

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