μῦθοι Mythoi
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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.

  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
Within the index

Filed under Capture by decoy.

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Capture by feigning death. (Cf. K757.)Capture by hiding under screen (grass, leaves, etc.)Capture by hiding in disguised objectsCapture by hiding in artificial animalCapture by masking as anotherCapture by imitation of animal's voiceCapture by feigning illness. (Cf. K751.)Capture by hiding in baskets of foodCapture by putting on the clothes of slain enemyCapture by hiding in hollow treeWitch pretends to be starving beggar woman in order to capture childHare carries disguised lion covered with honey, thus luring animals into trap

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