μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

God persuades hero to substitute a false bride for his father; this results in a fight where the son kills the father.

Deceptions. · Deception into self-injury. · Persons duped into injuring each other. · view the constellation · filed as K1094.1

Filed across the traditions
  • Icelandic Boberg.
Within the index

Filed under Treacherous counselor persuades king's son to woo his father's young bride whom he is sent to get, and as he tells the king that he is her lover both are killed.

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