Man buried alive with king escapes from the tomb. Follows noise made by sea animal and finds way out to sea

Motif

Man buried alive with king escapes from the tomb. Follows noise made by sea animal and finds way out to sea.

Captives and fugitives. · Escapes and pursuits. · Escapes. · view the constellation · filed as R212.1

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.

general Chauvin VII 19 No. 373D n. 3.

Within the index

Filed under Escape from grave.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Man buried alive escapes from tomb when thief tries to rob it Captive buried alive to his neck fastens his teeth on jackal that comes to eat him and companions. Rest flee when they hear him howl. In struggles to get free jackal loosens earth around captive, who manages to free himself

Filed beside it

Man buried alive with beloved escapes, as thieves break open the tomb

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