Substitute in battle

Motif

Substitute in battle.

Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Deception by disguise or illusion. · Deception by substitution. · view the constellation · filed as K1845

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Scholars’ trail — 4references

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.

IrishMacCulloch Celtic 65 (Cuchulainn), *Cross
Icelandic*Boberg
West IndiesFlowers 547.
general N. Am. Indian (Mandan): Will JAFL XXIX 402

Within the index

Filed under Deception by substitution.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Warrior deceived into attacking substituted pillar-stone. Stone bears enemy's dress (crown)King, fearing death at hands of enemy, forces follower to take his place on throne. Follower is killed

Filed beside it

The Virgin Mary substitutes for a mortal Living person acts as image of saint Wife deceives husband with substituted bedmate Husband deceives wife with substituted bedmate Deception by substitution: wife substitutes calf for beggar whom drunken husband wants to catch and abuse Deception by substitution of children Substitute for task Substituted letter. A letter is changed on the way to its destination so as to falsify the message Sleeping potion substituted for poison. (Cf. K2111.1.)Substitute sacrifice Servant impersonates dead master and makes a false testament Younger and preferred brother substituted by mother for elder to deceive father Substitute specimen for laboratory test

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