μῦθοι Mythoi
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Filed under Deception by substitution.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Inferior animals substituted in sacrificePerson substitutes for human sacrifice
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 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.)Servant 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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