Barren woman pretends to bear child. Substitutes another woman's child — Mythoi

Motif

Barren woman pretends to bear child. Substitutes another woman's child.

Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Impostures. · Substituted children. · view the constellation · filed as K1923.3

Filed across the traditions

Buddhist myth Malalasekera II 68
Easter Island Métraux Ethnology 101.

Within the index

Filed under The false heir.

Filed beside it

Nurse exchanges children so that the preferred child will be assured of wealth Man is made to believe that his married daughter has borne a child. In reality it is a foundling. When the supposed mother dies her father is about to forfeit dowry, when the child's real parents claim him Woman pretends to be mother of child chosen to be king Midwife takes child and substitutes it for king's stillborn child Queen passes off girl-child as boy by having pandits say raja must not see his son for twelve years

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