μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

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.

Deceptions. · Seduction or deceptive marriage. · Seduction by disguise or substitution. · view the constellation · filed as K1327

Filed across the traditions
  • Lithuanian Balys Index No. 2907*
  • Estonian Aarne FFC XXV No. 1544*
  • Russian Andrejev No. 1544A*.
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 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 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 Disguise as animal to seduce woman
Carried in tale types

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