Disguise as holy man — Mythoi

Motif

Disguise as holy man.

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

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Indian / Hindu (Sanskrit epic) The Ramayan of Valmiki (Griffith verse translation) , Book 3, Canto 2
Indian / Hindu (Sanskrit epic) The Ramayan of Valmiki (Griffith verse translation) , Book 2, Canto 116
Indic The Mahābhārata , Book 4, Section LXXII
Hermetic / Alchemical Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Volume I: Prolegomena , Chapter V: The Main Source of the Trismegistic Literature according to Manetho, High Priest of Egypt
Indic The Mahābhārata , Book 4, Section XXVI

Within the index

Filed under Deception by disguise.

4 finer motifs beneath it

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

Filed beside it

Disguise by putting on clothes (carrying accoutrements) of certain person Dog procures disguise from magician to frighten tiger Lover disguised as other knight in order to reach sweetheart Gods (saints) in disguise visit mortals King in disguise Disguised husband visits his wife Woman in disguise wooed by her faithless husband Humble disguise. (Cap o' Rushes, Peau d'âne Allerleirauh.) Usually in rough clothing. (Cf. K521.4.3, K1812, K1816.) Disguise as menial Disguise as wanderer Disguise as sick man Disguise by changing bodily appearance Animal disguises as human being. (Cf. K1825.1.5.) Man disguises as animal Disguise as layman. Priest disguises as layman Disguise as professional man

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