μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Seduction by disguise or substitution.

Deceptions. · Seduction or deceptive marriage. · Seduction by disguise or substitution. · view the constellation · filed as K1310

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth Cross
  • Icelandic Boberg.
Within the index
12 finer motifs beneath it
Seduction by masking as woman's husband Seduction by wearing coat of invisibility. (Cf. D1361.12.) Seduction by impostor Lover's place in bed usurped by another Trickster shifts married couples in bed. Old man married to young woman and young man married to old woman. The shift is satisfactory to the young couple Seduction by man disguising as woman Girl masked as man wins princess's love Man disguised as gardener enters convent and seduces nuns. (Cf. K1321.4.) Seduction by feigned death. The girl comes to the man's wake or funeral Seduction by feigned illness Seduction by feigned stupidity. Cautious farmer seeks laborer who knows nothing about sex. Trickster makes silly explanation of copulation of animals. When admitted into service, seduces both farmer's wife and daughter Disguise as animal to seduce woman
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Disguise to enter girl's (man's) room. (Cf. K1310–1329, passim.) Abductor in disguise. (Cf. K1310.)
Carried in tale types

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