Disguise of woman in man's clothes. (Cf. K1825.)

Motif

Disguise of woman in man's clothes. (Cf. K1825.)

Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Deception by disguise or illusion. · Deception by disguise. · view the constellation · filed as K1837

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“The Nunnery on Fire Seeing all these gods arrive to help the novice, the Superior, I Yu, held consultation with the choir-mistress, saying: "We assigned to the Princess the burdensome work of the kitchen because she refused to return to the world; but since she has entered on her duties the gods of the eight caves of Heaven have come to offer her fruit, Ch'ieh Lan sweeps the kitchen, the dragon has dug a well, the God of the Hearth and…”

— Myths & Legends of China, Chapter X · served from our shelf

On our shelf — the index’s citations, resolved to served chapters

ChineseMyths & Legends of China, Chapter XThompson cites: Werner 275

Scholars’ trail — 13references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

Icelandic*Boberg
Missouri FrenchCarrière
SpanishBoggs FFC XC 58, 68, 104 Nos. 455, 515, *857
ItalianBasile Pentamerone III Nos. 3, 6, IV No. 6, *Rotunda
India*Thompson-Balys
ChineseWerner 275 → on our shelf: Myths & Legends of China, Chapter X
IndonesiaDeVries's list No. 222.
general *Types 514, 880, 881, 882, 883A, 884, 890
general *BP II 57f.
general Penzer III 46f.
general Boje XIX 70f.
general Alphabet No. 318
general Heptameron No. 31. – Irish myth: *Cross

Within the index

Filed under Deception by disguise.

8 finer motifs beneath it

Boasting coward exposed by wife who masks as highwayman and robs him Woman disguised as pilgrim engages lover in conversation and learns of his faithlessness. (Cf. K1817.2.)Repentant nurse disguises as hermit Girl in man's clothes avenges her father Wife disguises as a man and outwits landlord of inn when he tries same trick he has played on her husband to get all of his goods, etc Disguise of woman as a soldier Virgin living disguised as a man and unrecognized in a monastery becomes abbot (St. Eugenia)Woman in male disguise made king

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

Travels with

Disguise as professional man Woman disguised as man sells herself into slavery in order to ransom (free) her husband (lover). (Cf. K1837.)

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Blind god. Hödhr Goddess of mercy Animal as servant to man Animal as domestic servant Helpful tiger Transformation: man to tiger Transformation: instruments of torture to lotus flowers Magic object acquired as reward for religious austerities Magic peach Magic hairpin Magic waters and medicines Magic salve (ointment)

Carried in tale types

The Forsaken Fianc'e: Service as Menial · ATU 8844 recorded variants
Crystal Palace (previously The Princess from the Tower Recovers her Husband) · ATU 891A3 recorded variants
The Prince as Bird · ATU 4322 recorded variants
The Basil Maiden · ATU 8792 recorded variants
The Innocent Slandered Maiden · ATU 883A2 recorded variants
The Weeping Bitch · ATU 15151 recorded variant
The Vanished Husband (previously Vanished Husband Learned of by Keeping Inn (Bath-house) · ATU 425D1 recorded variant
The Shift of Sex · ATU 5141 recorded variant
A Young Woman Disguised as a Man is Wooed by the Queen (previously The Court Physician) · ATU 514**1 recorded variant
The Princess and the Magic Shell · ATU 570A1 recorded variant
Abduction at the Rendezvous · ATU 861A1 recorded variant
A Man Boasts of his Wife · ATU 8801 recorded variant
Oft-proved Fidelity · ATU 8811 recorded variant
The Abandoned Bride Disguised as a Man · ATU 881A1 recorded variant
The Wager on the Wife's Chastity · ATU 8821 recorded variant
The Faithful Wife · ATU 8881 recorded variant
The Wife Who Would Not be Beaten · ATU 888A1 recorded variant
A Pound of Flesh · ATU 8901 recorded variant
The Man who Deserted his Wife (previously The Man who Deserts his Wife and Sets her the Task of Bearing him a Child) · ATU 8911 recorded variant
The Prodigal's Return · ATU 9351 recorded variant

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