μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 7references

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.

  • French CanadianBarbeau JAFL XXIX 11
  • JapaneseIkeda
  • American Negro (Georgia)Harris Nights 38 No. 8, (South Carolina): Parsons JAFL XXXIV 17, (Virginia): Parsons JAFL XXXV 267.
  • general *Type 124
  • general *BP I 40
  • general U.S. (Maine and New Hampshire): Ford JAFL XV 63
  • general N. Am. Indian (Flathead): McDermott JAFL XIV 250
Within the index

Filed under Victim trapped.

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Animal trapped through curiosity as to what the trap isFrog causes deer to dance into snareLeopard traps lion by having two doors to cave, one large, one small. Lion enters large entrance and leopard leaves by small and attacks back of lionTortoise leads elephant down wrong trail into trapBirds led into trap by promise of a feastWildboar captured in churchCapture in pitfall. (Cf. B361.)Snapping door. Traps victimsCapture by closing entrance to victim's homeCapture by tarbaby. An image covered with tar (or other adhesive substance) captures the intruder who addresses it and finally strikes it so that he sticks to itCapture between branches of tree. Small animal lures large one, who cannot get looseVictim captured in a nooseVictim burned in building

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