μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 8references

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.

  • Irish mythCross
  • Icelandic*Boberg
  • ItalianBasile Pentamerone III No. 5, Rotunda
  • JewishNeuman
  • Africa (Wute)Sieber ZsES XII 169
  • West IndiesFlowers 527.
  • general Dickson 67 n. 13, 122 n. 71
  • general Malone PMLA XLIII 415
Within the index

Filed under Other deceptive captures.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Capture with aid of sleep-bringing musicMan is made drunk and left in temple at mercy of demons
Filed beside it
Unicorn tricked into running horn into treeVictim enticed into dancing: capturedDeception by having victim pick trickster's teethCapture by sight of women's breasts. Women with uncovered breasts meet hero. He averts his face and is capturedCapture by luring merchant to look at supposed bargainCapture of castle by pretending to surrender and enteringCapture through the wiles of a woman. (Cf. K774.)Castle captured with assistance of owner's daughter. She loves the attacker. (Cf. K811.1.1, K2340.)Capture by lying in wait in enemy's hauntCapture by blindingIn duel with long poles the ogre is forced into the pig-styFairy wins kiss in game; embraces woman and flies off with her through skylight (smokehole)Maiden sent to rendezvous with lover, who is capturedWoman lured into the forest and captured

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