μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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  • Icelandic*Boberg.
Within the index

Filed under Deception by substitution.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Impotent husband deceives wife by having a substitute in virility testRuler has favorite perform tasks so that he may himself win a brideSubstitute on quest
Filed beside it
The Virgin Mary substitutes for a mortalLiving 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 childrenSubstituted 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

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