Marital impostors.
Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Impostures. · Marital impostors. · view the constellation · filed as K1910
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8 finer motifs beneath it
The false bride (substituted bride). An impostor takes the wife's place without the husband's knowledge and banishes (kills, transforms) the wifeThe false virgin. Various deceptions practiced to mask bride as virginAbductor pretends to have been sent to fetch princess by loverThe false bridegroom (substitute bridegroom). Takes the place of the true bridegroomRobber bridegroom. Robber marries girl under pretence of being a fine gentlemanPenniless bridegroom pretends to wealthMonster disguises and wins girl. Borrows wedding garments one by one; later returns them one by one and reveals monster formMarital impostors – miscellaneous