μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

False bride's mutilated feet. In order to wear the shoes with which the husband is testing the identity of his bride, the false bride cuts her feet. She is detected.

Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Impostures. · Marital impostors. · view the constellation · filed as K1911.3.3.1

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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.

  • SpanishEspinosa II Nos. 111f., Espinosa Jr. No. 119
  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
  • general *Type 510
  • general *Cox 1–79, 87–121 passim
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Filed under False bride fails when husband tests her. Uses slipper test, jumping test, or the like.

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