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 — Mythoi

Motif

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.

Deceptions. · Seduction or deceptive marriage. · Seduction by disguise or substitution. · view the constellation · filed as K1318

Cited in the index

general *BP III 394 (3)
general Anderson FFC XLII 364
general Köhler-Bolte II 305ff.

Within the index

Filed under Seduction by disguise or substitution.

Filed beside 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 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

Carried in tale types

Trickster Shifts Married Couples in Bed · ATU 1367 1 recorded variant

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