μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Filed across the traditions
  • Chinese Graham
  • Japanese Ikeda
  • Indonesia DeVries's list No. 212, Dixon 140 n. 21, 226 n. 33
  • Melanesia ibid. 226 n. 33
  • N. Am. Indian *Thompson Tales 352 n. 270.
  • general *Type 408
  • general *Cox 503
  • general *Cosquin Contes indiens 85ff.
  • general *Köhler-Bolte I 281
  • general Köhler-Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. VI 64 to Gonzenbach No. 14
  • general Malone PMLA XLIII 399. India: *Thompson-Balys
  • general New Hebrides, Torres Straits, New Guinea: ibid. 140 n. 21
Within the index

Filed under Recapture of fugitive.

1 finer motif beneath it
Milk drops from woman's breast on tiger's leg and reveals her hiding place in tree
Filed beside it
Lovers fleeing from slavery are recaptured. (Cf. R211.4.) Eloping girl recaptured by parents. (Cf. R225.)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Person comes to life Person falls into ogre's power Ogre carries victim in bag (basket) Bodies of victims in front of ogre's house Mask mistaken for face Statue mistaken for living original. (Cf. K1840.) Contest won by magic Captor's bag filled with animals or objects while captives escape False beauty-doctor. The trickster pretends to make the dupe beautiful. Injures him Sham physician Shepherdess born of red and blue egg
Carried in tale types

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