μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Impostors claim reward (prize) earned by hero.

Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Impostures. · Treacherous impostors. · view the constellation · filed as K1932

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“Go now, and take up your abode with your husband.”’ They put on their best clothes and went. On the way they had to pass Raven’s house, and heard the Ravens laughing inside, be- cause the girls had to marry Dirty-Boy. The elder sister said, “Let us go in and see what they are laughing about!” The younger one said, “‘No, our father told us to go straight to our husband.”’ The elder one went in, and sat down beside Raven’s eldest son.”

Tales of the North American Indians, Tale 48 · served from our shelf  receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

Attested across traditions
Scholars’ trail — 11references

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.

  • Irish myth*Cross
  • Icelandic*Boberg
  • Missouri FrenchCarrière
  • 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 placeImpostor forces oath of secrecy. Hero or heroine swears not to tell of impostureImpostor forces hero (heroine) to change places with him (her)Impostors steal rescued princessImpostor claims to be father of princess's childImpostor impersonates dead countRascal pretends to be dead man's heir and receives moneyDisguised flayer. An impostor dresses in the skin of his victimImpostors tricked into carrying hero in box. Woman makes them think they will have her as rewardImpostor demands box in name of kingImposition by sham sickness
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Loathly bridegroom. Woman disenchants loathsome man by embracing himSuitor tests. A suitor is put to severe tests by his prospective bride or father-in-lawTrapping contest won by deceptionFortunate youngest son. Always has good luckHero (heroine) of unpromising occupation
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