μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Deception into entering box (or prison).

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

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Filed under Victim enticed into voluntary captivity or helplessness.

9 finer motifs beneath it
Victim tricked into prison and kept there Victim tricked into entering box 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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Deception into entering bag Deception into allowing oneself to be fettered Deception into allowing oneself to be hanged. ("Show me how!") Executioner must show the hero how to use the gallows. The hero hangs the executioner Deception into bottle (vessel). Insects (or a spirit) having escaped from a bottle are told that they cannot return. They accept the challenge and go back into the bottle Cock persuaded to crow with closed eyes. Seized Giant tricked into becoming mouse. Cat eats him up Dupe induced to waste his bullets, then seized Dupe lured away from protection of friends: captured Dupe persuaded to ride on trickster's back: captured. (Cf. J651.1.) Foxes crawl into whale's house and are killed

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