Lover in disguise abducts beloved — Mythoi

Motif

Lover in disguise abducts beloved.

Deceptions. · Seduction or deceptive marriage. · Woman persuaded (or wooed) by trick. · view the constellation · filed as K1371.4

Filed across the traditions

Icelandic *Boberg.

Within the index

Filed under Bride-stealing.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Lover masks as king, knight Lover masks as minstrel

Filed beside it

Lover steals bride from wedding with unwelcome suitor Father tricked into giving away disguised daughter in marriage Rat changes name and wins wife intended for leopard Man gets bridegroom drunk and enjoys the bride While chief is performing suitor task, rival steals the bride

ask the rhapsode about this motif · search the shelf for “disguise” · wander