The Virgin Mary substitutes for a mortal.
Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Deception by disguise or illusion. · Deception by substitution. · view the constellation · filed as K1841
Motif
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Filed under Deception by substitution.
3 finer motifs beneath 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 substitutes in tournament. A knight hears masses so long that he absents himself from a tournament. The Virgin takes his placeVirgin Mary substitutes for woman whom husband has pledged to the devil. Devil flees
Filed beside it
Living person acts as image of saintWife deceives husband with substituted bedmateHusband deceives wife with substituted bedmateSubstitute in battleDeception by substitution: wife substitutes calf for beggar whom drunken husband wants to catch and abuseDeception by substitution of childrenSubstitute for taskSubstituted letter. A letter is changed on the way to its destination so as to falsify the messageSleeping potion substituted for poison. (Cf. K2111.1.)Substitute sacrificeServant impersonates dead master and makes a false testamentYounger and preferred brother substituted by mother for elder to deceive fatherSubstitute specimen for laboratory test