μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Scald-head disguise. To avoid having his gold hair seen, the hero covers his head with a cloth and says that he has the scaldhead.

Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Deception by disguise or illusion. · Deception by disguise. · view the constellation · filed as K1818.2

Filed across the traditions
  • Missouri French Carrière.
  • general *Types 314, 502
  • general *BP III 109
  • general *Chauvin VI 51 No. 217 n. 3
Within the index

Filed under Disguise as sick man.

Filed beside it
Disguise as leper Disguise as madman (fool) Disguise as deformed men to secure entertainment Animal feigns lameness Deception by pretended faint

ask the rhapsode about this motif · search the shelf for “scald-head” · wander