Trail of shreds of dress — Mythoi

Motif

Trail of shreds of dress.

Captives and fugitives. · Rescues. · Rescue of abandoned or lost persons. · view the constellation · filed as R135.0.4

Filed across the traditions

India *Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Abandoned children (wife, etc.) find way back by clue (bread-crumb, grain, pebble, etc.). They have dropped the objects while being led away.

Filed beside it

Stolen wife makes trail of speaking spittle for husband. Spittle speaks and directs him Trail of grain (Cf.ds). (Cf. R267.) Trail of jewels Trail of thread Trail of ashes Trail of flowers Crumb (grain) trail eaten by birds. Lost persons cannot find way back

ask the rhapsode about this motif · search the shelf for “shreds” · wander