Tailor married to princess betrays trade by calling for needle and thread — Mythoi

Motif

Tailor married to princess betrays trade by calling for needle and thread.

Tests. · Identity tests: Recognition. · Recognition through personal peculiarities · view the constellation · filed as H38.2.1

Cited in the index

general *Type 1640
general BP I 148 ff.

Within the index

Filed under Impostor of low origin recognized by habitual speech.

Filed beside it

Peasant boy masking as prince betrays self by his answers Recognition of maidservant substitute bride by her habitual conversation Weaver married to princess betrays trade by talking in his sleep Substitution of low-caste boy for promised child detected when he prefers long road to short one through jungle (swimming instead of ferry, etc.)

Carried in tale types

The Brave Tailor · ATU 1640 2 recorded variants

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