μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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  • India*Thompson-Balys.
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Filed under The false bride (substituted bride). An impostor takes the wife's place without the husband's knowledge and banishes (kills, transforms) the wife.

6 finer motifs beneath it
Substitution of false bride revealed by animalTrue bride takes house near husband. Thus eventually secures his attentionFalse bride fails when husband tests her. Uses slipper test, jumping test, or the likeTrue bride reincarnated as reed reveals truthTrue bride reinstated by acting as mysterious housekeeperSnake adopts true bride thrown into well
Filed beside it
Circumstances of substitution of false brideTreacherous disposal of true bride by falseMan in woman's clothing poses as bride for beggarPenniless bride pretends to wealth
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