Magician carries mistress with him in his body. She in turn has paramour in hers

Motif

Magician carries mistress with him in his body. She in turn has paramour in hers.

Marvels. · Extraordinary occurrences. · Other extraordinary events. · view the constellation · filed as F1034.2

Scholars’ trail — 3references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

ChineseChavannes 500 Contes I 378 No. 109.
general Wesselski Märchen 186 No. 1
general *Cosquin Études 276ff.

Within the index

Filed under Person concealed in another's body.

1 finer motif beneath it

Ascetic carries woman in his hair, but she has two lovers in her cloak and outwits him

Filed beside it

Husband concealed in wife's ear Person's thigh as hiding place Person's armpit as hiding place Other parts of person's body as hiding place

Travels with

God swallows his wife and incorporates her into his own being. (Cf. F1034.2.)

wander