μῦθοι Mythoi
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  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
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Filed under Woman persuaded (or wooed) by trick.

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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 persuadedDeath feigned to woo maiden. She shows remorse when she hears of lover's deathWoman deceived into sacrificing honor. Ruler promises to release her brother (husband) but afterward refuses to do soSeduction by bearing false order from husband or fatherAltered 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 princessLover's gift regained. The husband appears before payment can be made to wifeGirl shows herself naked in return for youth's dancing hogsBeggar buys right to sleep before the girl's door, at foot of bed, in the bed. Usually with jewelInnocent 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 intercourseWoman abducted by giving her medicine which appears to have killed herSecond daughter won by representing first as deadSeduction by making woman jealous of co-wifeBride-stealingWoman engaged to marry by trick. (Cf. K1371.2, K1377, K1771.9.)Seduction by alleged vision promising woman to man
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