The constellation
K1923 The false heir
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The same sky, in words
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- Substituted children · K1920 entry
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- Nurse exchanges children so that the preferred child will be assured of wealth · K1923.1 entry
- Man is made to believe that his married daughter has borne a child. In reality it is a foundling. When the supposed mother dies her father is about to forfeit dowry, when the child's real parents claim him · K1923.2 entry
- Barren woman pretends to bear child. Substitutes another woman's child · K1923.3 entry
- Woman pretends to be mother of child chosen to be king · K1923.4 entry
- Midwife takes child and substitutes it for king's stillborn child · K1923.5 entry
- Queen passes off girl-child as boy by having pandits say raja must not see his son for twelve years · K1923.6 entry