μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

  • 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 closedTiger persuaded to walk into house: locked in
Filed beside it
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 churchIntruder captured in chimney. BurnedCapture in pitfall. (Cf. B361.)Snapping door. Traps victimsCapture 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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