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Motif

Altered letter of execution gives princess to hero. On his way robbers steal the letter and change it so that instead of being killed he is married to the princess.

Deceptions. · Seduction or deceptive marriage. · Woman persuaded (or wooed) by trick. · view the constellation · filed as K1355

Filed across the traditions
  • Spanish Espinosa Jr. No. 116.
  • general *Type 930
  • general **Aarne FFC XXIII
  • general *BP I 276ff.
  • general *Chauvin VIII 145 No. 145ABC
  • general Alphabet No. 593
  • general Herrmann Saxo II 287
Within the index

Filed under Woman persuaded (or wooed) by trick.

Filed beside it
The weeping bitch. A procuress throws pepper into the eyes of a bitch so that she weeps. She pretends to the virtuous woman that the bitch is a woman transformed because of failure to respond to her lover. The woman is persuaded Death feigned to woo maiden. She shows remorse when she hears of lover's death Woman deceived into sacrificing honor. Ruler promises to release her brother (husband) but afterward refuses to do so Seduction by bearing false order from husband or father Lover's gift regained. The husband appears before payment can be made to wife Girl shows herself naked in return for youth's dancing hogs Beggar buys right to sleep before the girl's door, at foot of bed, in the bed. Usually with jewel Innocent girl sells her "love" and later receives it back. When she tells her mother what has happened, she is beaten. Thinking to right matters, she demands that the knight return what he has taken. (Sequel: K1275.) Seduction of person ignorant of sexual intercourse Woman abducted by giving her medicine which appears to have killed her Second daughter won by representing first as dead Monk persuades a father to set daughter afloat in box: monk seduces her Seduction by making woman jealous of co-wife Bride-stealing Woman engaged to marry by trick. (Cf. K1371.2, K1377, K1771.9.) Seduction by alleged vision promising woman to man
Carried in tale types

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