μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Mats over holes as pitfall.

Deceptions. · Capture by deception. · Victim trapped. · view the constellation · filed as K735.1

Filed across the traditions
  • India *Thompson-Balys
  • New Zealand Dixon 61
  • Africa (Fjort) Dennett 53 No. 8, (Angola): Chatelain 91 No. 5
  • West Indies Flowers 524.
  • general Melanesia, Indonesia: Dixon 69 nn. 44, 45, DeVries's Volksverhalen II 385 No. 158
Within the index

Filed under Capture in pitfall. (Cf. B361.)

Filed beside it
Capture in trap seat Knight captured in pitfall while his horse escapes Capture in trap bed: victim dropped into dungeon Dupe tricked into well: left there Tiger enticed into pit by being tempted to leap after boar-leader

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