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Motif-Index of Early Icelandic Literature
K606. Escape by singing song. Captive gradually moves away and at last escapes.
K606.1. Escape by playing music.
K606.1.2. Escape by playing sleep-bringing music.
K606.1.2.1. Escape by singing watchmen to sleep. Cf. D1364.23. OOdd 110-11 (ch.
XXXII 7, FAS II 225, 536-37); Saxo lib. I c. VI 8 = Herrm 92.
K611. Escape by putting captor off guard.
K611.3. Escape on ship on wheels after having deceived the captor into laying away
sword and helm to receive pretended gift. FjJon 40-47 (27-32) ch. 18-20, cf.
Dl 552.4.
K611.5.* Escape while captor gets apple. ViktorBl 39 ch. 12.
K620. Escape by deceiving the guard.
K625. Escape by giving narcotic to guards. Cf. K776.
K625.2. Escape by making the watchmen drunk. Forodds J>. Snorrasonar in Flb II
272 = 6låfH ch. 137 in FMS IV 335 (Fjlsl 402-02); Bevers 233 ch. 15.
K630. Escape by disarming (making pursuit difficult).
K636. Holes bored in enemies’ boats prevent pursuit. Laxd ch. XXX; Korm 229 ch. 8;
OlåfH ch. 108 in FMS IV 248, ch. 113 in Hkr II; Fær ch. 56; Bosa 47 ch. 12
(FAS III223); Fri6bj IX 4, X 2 (FAS II 85, 88,497, 498); ÅnB 355 ch. 7; JarlmH
40, 42 ch. 22, 24; FjJon 46-47 (31-32) ch. 20-21; Saxo lib. I ch. VIII21, lib. II
c. I 6; lib. V c. II 10-13 and III 20; Herrm 125; Kersbergen 83-84.
K640. Escape by help of confederate. Cf. K515; K548.3; R162.
K649. Escape by help of confederate - miscellaneous.
K649.3. Boys scolded in order to conceal their identity. HrolfKr 10 ch. 3 (FAS I 9).
K649.4. Son mentioned as daughter in order to save him from enemy's pursuit. ÅnB
359 ch. 7.
K649.5. Boys warned by dogs’ names to escape. HrolfKr 4-8 ch. 1-2 (FAS I 3-8).
K649.6. Sons warned by talk to oaks to hide. Mågus 13 ch. 8, ed. 1858 ch. 17.
K649.7. Confederate in disguise helps man escape.
K649.7.1. Confederate in disguise as beggar helps to escape. Mågus 21-24, 27-32 ch.
12, 15-17.
K649.7.2. Helper dressed in bear’s skin helps to escape. Cf. K521.1.2.
K649.7.3. Confederate in disguise as »troil« frightens king's men, while his daughter
helps prisoner to escape. HrolfG 67-71 ch. 41-42 (FAS III 176—81).
K649.8. Confederate saves fugitive by shammedpursuit. Amb 86-88 ch. 14.
K649.9. Confederate causes confusion so that prisoner can escape. Bosa 47-48 ch. 13
(FAS III 224).
K649.10. Prisoner escapes by means of wolf which he lures near by smearing honey
on the feet. Cf. Q464. Vols ch. 5; FjJon 28-31 (18-21) ch. 12-13.
K649.ll. Escape by cutting fetters on stones, etc. OOdd 110-11 (ch. XXXII 7);
EgÅsm VIII 5-9 (FAS III 380); Sigb 186 ch. 30; etc., Lagerholm 38.
K650. Other means of escape.
K651. Wolf descends into well in one bucket and rescues fox in the other. Cf. Gering
I 200: wolf tricked into jumping into the other bucket: drowns.