μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Victim tricked into entering box.

Deceptions. · Capture by deception. · Victim enticed into voluntary captivity or helplessness. · view the constellation · filed as K714.2

Filed across the traditions
  • Missouri French Carrière
  • India Thompson-Balys
  • Indonesia DeVries's list No. 294, Dixon 197
  • American Negro (Georgia) Harris Remus 62 No. 13, (Virginia): Bacon and Parsons JAFL XXXV 267, (North Carolina): Parsons JAFL XXX 175, Brown Collection I 704.
  • general M. Bloomfield in Penzer VII xvii
Within the index

Filed under Deception into entering box (or prison).

2 finer motifs beneath it
Victim tricked into jumping in a box by making him think he is going to heaven. (Cf. K842.) Tiger enticed into coffin
Filed beside it
Victim tricked into prison and kept there Dupe tricked into entering hollow tree Victim tricked into entering basket Woman persuaded to hide head in jug: she is caught Animal lured into lion's den Victim lured into following deer sent by demon to cave. Dies of suffocation Fish enticed into trap (promised new skins) Deceived lion stuck in cave entrance; becomes food for hare

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