μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Seduction by man disguising as woman.

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

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth *Cross
  • Italian Novella Rotunda.
  • general Nouvelles de Sens No. 8
Within the index

Filed under Seduction by disguise or substitution.

4 finer motifs beneath it
Man disguised as woman admitted to women's quarters: seduction Man disguised as woman abducts princess Man disguised as woman courted (married) by another man Men disguised as women enter convent and seduce impious nuns. (Cf. K1323.)
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 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 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

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