μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

  • general Child I 242–253, 506f., II 502a, III 503a, IV 453, V 212, 299a.
Within the index

Filed under Seduction by disguise or substitution.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Hero feigns death and is copulated with by divine maidensSeduction by feigned sleep. The guest in the conjugal bed feigns sleep as he effects seduction
Filed beside it
Seduction by masking as woman's husbandSeduction by wearing coat of invisibility. (Cf. D1361.12.)Seduction by impostorLover's place in bed usurped by anotherTrickster 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 coupleSeduction by man disguising as womanGirl masked as man wins princess's loveMan disguised as gardener enters convent and seduces nuns. (Cf. K1321.4.)Seduction by feigned illnessSeduction 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 daughterDisguise as animal to seduce woman

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