μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Virgin substitutes in tournament. A knight hears masses so long that he absents himself from a tournament. The Virgin takes his place.

Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Deception by disguise or illusion. · Deception by substitution. · view the constellation · filed as K1841.2

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.

  • general *Ward II 662 No. 5
  • general *Loomis White Magic 123.
Within the index

Filed under The Virgin Mary substitutes for a mortal.

Filed beside it
The nun who saw the world (Sister Beatrice). The Virgin takes the place of the nun in the nunnery while the latter is living a life of shameVirgin Mary substitutes for woman whom husband has pledged to the devil. Devil flees

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