Capture through the wiles of a woman. (Cf. K774.)

Motif

Capture through the wiles of a woman. (Cf. K774.)

Deceptions. · Capture by deception. · Other deceptive captures. · view the constellation · filed as K778

Scholars’ trail — 2references

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 myth*Cross.
general Dickson 122 n. 70

Within the index

Filed under Other deceptive captures.

5 finer motifs beneath it

Woman (Amazon) in disguise invites enemies singly into forest and overcomes them Amazonian woman disguised as leper seduces and binds enemies one by one Capture by luring to courtesan's house Attack made on groom after he has been invited to female apartments to have meal with bride Adulteress lures husband so as to have him killed

Filed beside it

Unicorn tricked into running horn into tree Victim enticed into dancing: captured Deception by having victim pick trickster's teeth Capture by sight of women's breasts. Women with uncovered breasts meet hero. He averts his face and is captured Capture by luring merchant to look at supposed bargain Capture by intoxication (or narcotic)Capture of castle by pretending to surrender and entering 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 haunt Capture by blinding In duel with long poles the ogre is forced into the pig-sty Fairy wins kiss in game; embraces woman and flies off with her through skylight (smokehole)Maiden sent to rendezvous with lover, who is captured Woman lured into the forest and captured

Travels with

Capture by sight of women's breasts. Women with uncovered breasts meet hero. He averts his face and is captured

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