The constellation
K1568 Husband in disguise begs food of his wife's suitors
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- Humble disguise. (Cap o' Rushes, Peau d'âne Allerleirauh.) Usually in rough clothing. (Cf. K521.4.3, K1812, K1816.) · K1815 entry
- Disguise as beggar (pauper) · K1817.1 entry
- Disguise as madman (fool) · K1818.3 entry
- Innocent man compelled to write treasonable letter. It brings about his death sentence · K2156 entry
- Fifty ships promised. Forty-nine are moulded out of earth · K236.1 entry
- Stolen goods taken to dupe's house so that he is accused · K401.2 entry
- Trojan wooden horse. Permits capture of the city by concealing soldiers · K754.1 entry
- Victim killed while being bathed · K831 entry
- Prophecy: death through future husband · M341.2.12 entry
- Father kills self believing that son is dead. The son forgets to spread white sails, the prearranged signal of his safety. (Told also of lovers.) · N344 entry
Thompson cites
- The Library (Bibliotheca) · APOLLODORI BIBLIOTHECA, ch. 33