μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Penniless bride pretends to wealth.

Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Impostures. · Marital impostors. · view the constellation · filed as K1911.5

Filed across the traditions
  • Spanish Espinosa II Nos. 120f.
  • Italian Novella *Rotunda
  • India *Thompson-Balys.
Within the index

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.

Filed beside it
Circumstances of substitution of false bride Treacherous disposal of true bride by false Reinstatement of true bride Man in woman's clothing poses as bride for beggar

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