Impostors kill hero — Mythoi

Motif

Impostors kill hero.

Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Impostures. · Treacherous impostors. · view the constellation · filed as K1931.3

Filed across the traditions

Missouri French Carrière.
general *Type 665

Within the index

Filed under Impostors abandon (or kill) their companion and usurp his place.

Filed beside it

Impostors throw hero overboard into sea Impostors abandon hero in lower world. Usually let rope drop on which he is to be raised Impostors throw hero into pit Impostors throw hero into prison Impostor leaves hero alone on island. (Cf. S145.) Impostor abandons hero on high hill. Pulls down rope on which he is to be lowered

Carried in tale types

The Man who Flew like a Bird and Swam like a Fish · ATU 665 4 recorded variants

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