Robber bridegroom. Robber marries girl under pretence of being a fine gentleman

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Robber bridegroom. Robber marries girl under pretence of being a fine gentleman.

Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Impostures. · Marital impostors. · view the constellation · filed as K1916

Scholars’ trail — 4references

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IndiaThompson-Balys.
general *Type 955
general *BP I 370
general *Fb "røver" III 131b, 132a

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 wife The false virgin. Various deceptions practiced to mask bride as virgin Abductor pretends to have been sent to fetch princess by lover The false bridegroom (substitute bridegroom). Takes the place of the true bridegroom Penniless bridegroom pretends to wealth Monster disguises and wins girl. Borrows wedding garments one by one; later returns them one by one and reveals monster form Marital impostors – miscellaneous

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