μῦθοι Mythoi
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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

  • Italian Novella*Rotunda.
Within the index

Filed under Marital impostors.

Filed beside it
The false bride (substituted bride). An impostor takes the wife's place without the husband's knowledge and banishes (kills, transforms) the wifeAbductor 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

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