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- Transformation to elude pursuers. (Cf. D671, D672.) D642.7
- Man made to appear to pursuers as woman carrying babe. D2031.6.1
- Son made to appear to pursuers as spinning wheel, buck, and hog. D2031.6.2
- Pursuers confused in other ways by magic illusion. D2031.6.4
- Wizard sells charm to raise rainstorm to enable eloping couple to escape pursuers. D2143.1.10
- Beaver sacrifices scrotum to save life. Cuts it off and leaves it for pursuers. J351.1
- Thieves stretch chain across road and evade pursuers. K413
- Woman covers fleeing man with placenta of goat and with blood to convince pursuers she has just given birth and thus prevents their capturing him. K522.1.1
- Escape from pursuers by pretending to be one of them. K579.3.1
- Trickster persuades pursuers to play fatal deceptive game. K619.3
- Confederate sings and delays pursuers so that fugitive escapes. K643
- Trickster persuades pursuers to ride in his basket. Leaves basket on limb of tree and escapes. K676
- Man leads pursuers to edge of thin ice, swerves suddenly; they fall through the ice. K893.1
- Fugitive in tree urinates from fright: pursuers think it rain and leave. N696
- Helpful animal's tail cut off so pursuers who hang onto tail are shaken off into river. R231.2.1
- Pursuers aided by magic weather phenomenon. R236
- Stone bridge appears for fugitives. Disappears and drowns pursuers. R246.1
- King escapes pursuers through hollow tree in his hall. R311.2