μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Capture by masking as another.

Deceptions. · Capture by deception. · Capture by decoy. · view the constellation · filed as K755

Filed across the traditions
  • Hawaii Beckwith Myth 215f., 541.
Within the index

Filed under Capture by decoy.

1 finer motif beneath it
Abduction by fraudulently giving signal of husband's return. (Cf. K1354.3.2.)
Filed beside it
Capture by feigning death. (Cf. K757.) Capture by hiding under screen (grass, leaves, etc.) Capture by hiding in disguised objects Capture by hiding in artificial animal 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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