μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Man disguised as gardener enters convent and seduces nuns. (Cf. K1321.4.)

Deceptions. · Seduction or deceptive marriage. · Seduction by disguise or substitution. · view the constellation · filed as K1323

Filed across the traditions
  • Italian Novella *Rotunda.
  • general Boccaccio Decameron III No. 1 (Lee 59)
Within the index

Filed under Seduction by disguise or substitution.

1 finer motif beneath it
Messenger from lover to girl-captive in harem poses as a singer who amuses the harem ladies in their apartments
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 Seduction by man disguising as woman Girl masked as man wins princess's love 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
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Men disguised as women enter convent and seduce impious nuns. (Cf. K1323.)

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