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Filed under Seduction by disguise or substitution.

14 finer motifs beneath it
Seduction by posing as a god. (Cf. K1301.) Seduction by posing as doctor Seduction by posing as magician. (Sham incantation, etc.) 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
Filed beside it
Seduction by masking as woman's husband Seduction by wearing coat of invisibility. (Cf. D1361.12.) 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
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Trickster's burnt flesh becomes gum on trees Transformation to be put in food-bag Transformation to seduce Magic treasure animal killed. (Goose that laid the golden egg) Magic garment (robe, tunic) Magic reawakening of memory. (Cf. D1360, D1910.) Killed game revives and flies away Disintegration: man eats himself up or dismembers himself Person eats self up Trickster joins bulrushes in a dance. He thinks they are dancing when he sees them waving Person frightened into falling down a cliff Deceptive scratching contest

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