μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 2references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

  • IndiaThompson-Balys
  • Africa (Basuto)Jacottet 32 No. 4, (Kaffir): Kidd 242 No. 9, (Ila, Rhodesia): Smith and Dale II 397 No. 18, (Jaunde): Nekes 201.
Within the index

Filed under Deception into allowing oneself to be tied.

Filed beside it
Animal allows himself to be tied so as to avoid being carried off by stormAnimal allows himself to be tied to another for safety. Carried to his death. (Cf. J2132.6.)Animal persuaded to be tied through curiosity to learn secret namesOgre allows self to be tied so as to learn magicAnimal allows self to be tied so as to learn musicFaithless wife ties sleeping husband's hair to bed, allowing lover to kill himWomen bind warrior's hair to wall of hostel while he sleeps

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