μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Multiple disguise: one person disguising successively seems to be many.

Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Deception by disguise or illusion. · Deception by disguise. · view the constellation · filed as K1834

Filed across the traditions
  • India Thompson-Balys
  • Africa (Nyang) Ittman 62f.
Within the index

Filed under Deception by disguise.

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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