Capture by closing entrance to victim's home — Mythoi

Motif

Capture by closing entrance to victim's home.

Deceptions. · Capture by deception. · Victim trapped. · view the constellation · filed as K737

Filed across the traditions

Africa (Basuto) Jacottet 258 No. 38, (Ila, Rhodesia): Smith and Dale II 366 No. 17.

Within the index

Filed under Victim trapped.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Dupe lured into hole and entrance closed Tiger persuaded to walk into house: locked in

Filed beside it

Animal trapped through curiosity as to what the trap is Frog causes deer to dance into snare Leopard 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 lion Tortoise leads elephant down wrong trail into trap Birds led into trap by promise of a feast Wildboar captured in church Intruder captured in chimney. Burned Capture in pitfall. (Cf. B361.) Snapping door. Traps victims Capture 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 it Capture between branches of tree. Small animal lures large one, who cannot get loose Victim captured in a noose Victim burned in building

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