Obstacle flight – Atalanta type. Objects are thrown back which the pursuer stops to pick up while the fugitive escapes

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Obstacle flight – Atalanta type. Objects are thrown back which the pursuer stops to pick up while the fugitive escapes.

Captives and fugitives. · Escapes and pursuits. · Flights. · view the constellation · filed as R231

“When the whale on his return drew the cord to get hold of her, and discovered that she was gone, he hurried after her. But when he came quite close to the boat she threw her outer jacket into the water to him.” Having snapped at it he let it go, and again pursued her; and when he had got quite close up with them, she flung her inner jacket at him, which again detained the whale; but he soon reached them for the third time.”

— Tales of the North American Indians, Tale 60 · served from our shelf receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

Attested across traditions

North American IndigenousTales of the North American Indians, Tale 60 receipt

Scholars’ trail — 12references

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
SpanishEspinosa II Nos. 122–25
GreekRoscher Lexikon s. v. "Absyrtos"
IndiaThompson-Balys
Buddhist mythMalalasekera II 860
JapaneseAnesaki 224
N. Am. Indian*Thompson Tales 342 n. 232
S. Am. Indian (Toba)Métraux MAFLS XL 74
Africa (Gold Coast)Barker and Sinclair 99 No. 18, 125 No. 22, (Zulu): Callaway 145, (Angola): Chatelain 101 No. 6, (Kaffir): Theal 46 No. 2, (Yoruba): Ellis 269 No. 4.
general *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 526
general Köhler-Bolte I 430

Within the index

Filed under Flights.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Ogre tries to retain fugitive by tempting him with gold ring; but he takes ring by cutting off the hand Fugitive cuts tail of camel caught by pursuer and it turns into grass

Filed beside it

Heroine's three-fold flight from ball. Cinderella (Cap o' Rushes) after meeting the prince at a ball (church) flees before identification is possible. Repeated three times Unknown knight. (Three days' tournament.) For three days in succession an unknown knight in different armor wins a tournament and escapes without recognition. Finally identified by tokens Girl flees to escape incestuous brother Elopement Wife flees from husband. (Cf. P210, T200.)Children leave home because their parents refuse them food Fugitive kills pursuer and takes his extraordinary horse to continue flight Fugitives cut support of bridge so that pursuer falls Pursuers aided by magic weather phenomenon Flight on skis; two on one pair Flight carrying friend (girl) on back Fugitives aided by helpful animal. (Cf. B520.)Ships burned to prevent flight Whale-boat. A man is carried across the water on a whale (fish). (He usually deceives the whale as to the nearness of the land or as to hearing thunder. As a consequence the whale runs into the shore or is killed by lightning.)Crane-bridge. Fugitives are helped across a stream by a crane who lets them cross on his leg. The pursuer is either refused assistance or drowned by the crane Flight on a tree, which ogre tries to cut down

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Wish for animal husband realized. Girl says she will marry a certain animal. Latter appears and carries her off. (Cf. C15.)Princess (maiden) abducted by monster (ogre). (Cf. R10.1.)

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