μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Disguise as saint. Man beats wife for spending too much time at church. Wife has maids dress as her patron saints and when the husband repeats the beating she calls on them for help. The husband is beaten.

Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Deception by disguise or illusion. · Deception by disguise. · view the constellation · filed as K1827.1

Filed across the traditions
  • Italian Novella Rotunda.
Within the index

Filed under Disguise as holy man.

Filed beside it
Ogre disguised as holy man Barber passes for a brahmin Disguise as yogi

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