Fugitives trailed by mustard seeds (ashes) dropped from bag. (Cf. R135.)

Motif

Fugitives trailed by mustard seeds (ashes) dropped from bag. (Cf. R135.)

Captives and fugitives. · Escapes and pursuits. · Pursuits. · view the constellation · filed as R267

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.

India*Thompson-Balys
Africa (Kaffir)Theal 127ff.

Within the index

Filed under Pursuits.

Filed beside it

Pursuit by rolling object Magic eel pursues man over land Pursuer (witch, giant) pulls out tail of fugitive's horse Dew in footprints reveals man's way Pursuit by fire Pursuer follows successive night campfires (each brighter than last)

Travels with

Abandoned children (wife, etc.) find way back by clue (bread-crumb, grain, pebble, etc.). They have dropped the objects while being led away Trail of grain (Cf.ds). (Cf. R267.)

wander