Trail of thread — Mythoi

Motif

Trail of thread.

Captives and fugitives. · Rescues. · Rescue of abandoned or lost persons. · view the constellation · filed as R135.0.5

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 shreds of dress Trail of ashes Trail of flowers Crumb (grain) trail eaten by birds. Lost persons cannot find way back

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