μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Man disguised as woman courted (married) by another man.

Deceptions. · Seduction or deceptive marriage. · Seduction by disguise or substitution. · view the constellation · filed as K1321.3

Filed across the traditions
  • Spanish Boggs FFC XC 104 No. 857
  • India *Thompson-Balys
  • Eskimo (West Hudson Bay) Boas BAM XV 248
  • N. Am. Indian *Thompson Tales 304 n. 109n.
Within the index

Filed under Seduction by man disguising as woman.

1 finer motif beneath it
Man disguised as woman beguiles hostile chief. Infatuates him and then kills him in drunken sleep
Filed beside it
Man disguised as woman admitted to women's quarters: seduction Man disguised as woman abducts princess Men disguised as women enter convent and seduce impious nuns. (Cf. K1323.)

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