Capture by hiding under screen (grass, leaves, etc.) — Mythoi

Motif

Capture by hiding under screen (grass, leaves, etc.)

Deceptions. · Capture by deception. · Capture by decoy. · view the constellation · filed as K752

Filed across the traditions

Africa (Kaffir) Theal 30 No. 1, (Basuto): Jacottet 100 No. 15, (Ila, Rhodesia): Smith and Dale II 384 No. 2
American Negro (Georgia) Harris Nights 79 No. 15, 95 No. 18 (hollow tree).

Within the index

Filed under Capture by decoy.

Filed beside it

Capture by feigning death. (Cf. K757.) Capture by hiding in disguised objects Capture by hiding in artificial animal Capture by masking as another Capture by imitation of animal's voice Capture by feigning illness. (Cf. K751.) Capture by hiding in baskets of food Capture by putting on the clothes of slain enemy Stranger asks woman for fire: abducts her Capture by hiding in hollow tree Witch pretends to be starving beggar woman in order to capture child Hare carries disguised lion covered with honey, thus luring animals into trap

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