μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Seduction by posing as magician. (Sham incantation, etc.)

Deceptions. · Seduction or deceptive marriage. · Seduction by disguise or substitution. · view the constellation · filed as K1315.3

Filed across the traditions
  • Italian Novella *Rotunda.
Within the index

Filed under Seduction by impostor.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Seduction by feigning enchantment Seduction attempted on promise of magic transformation: woman to mare. Finishing the tail
Filed beside it
Seduction by posing as a god. (Cf. K1301.) Seduction by posing as doctor Seduction by posing as a relative Seduction by posing as nobleman Seduction by posing as holy man (churchman) Seduction by posing as teacher or instructor Seduction upon false promise of marriage Seduction by offering protection against non-existing danger Seduction by posing as beggar Seduction by posing as leper Seduction by posing as merchant Seduction by masking as soldier Seduction: weaver posing as king

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