μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth *Cross
  • Icelandic *Boberg
  • Missouri French Carrière
  • N. Am. Indian *Thompson Tales 327 n. 183
  • Jamaica *Beckwith MAFLS XVII 278 Nos. 89, 90.
  • general *Types 300, 301, 303, 506, 550, 551, 667*
  • general *BP I 528ff., III 490ff.
  • general *Ranke FFC CXIV 213f., 236
  • general Liljeblad Tobiasgeschichte
  • general *Parsons FL XXXII 194ff.
  • general *Tille FFC XXXIV 370
Within the index

Filed under Treacherous impostors.

Filed beside it
Impostors abandon (or kill) their companion and usurp his place Impostor forces oath of secrecy. Hero or heroine swears not to tell of imposture Impostor forces hero (heroine) to change places with him (her) Impostors steal rescued princess Impostor claims to be father of princess's child Impostor impersonates dead count Rascal pretends to be dead man's heir and receives money Disguised flayer. An impostor dresses in the skin of his victim Impostors tricked into carrying hero in box. Woman makes them think they will have her as reward Impostor demands box in name of king Imposition by sham sickness
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Loathly bridegroom. Woman disenchants loathsome man by embracing him Suitor tests. A suitor is put to severe tests by his prospective bride or father-in-law Trapping contest won by deception Fortunate youngest son. Always has good luck Hero (heroine) of unpromising occupation
Carried in tale types

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