Impostor forces oath of secrecy. Hero or heroine swears not to tell of imposture — Mythoi

Motif

Impostor forces oath of secrecy. Hero or heroine swears not to tell of imposture.

Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Impostures. · Treacherous impostors. · view the constellation · filed as K1933

Filed across the traditions

Icelandic Göngu Hrólfs saga (FAS III) 274ff.
Spanish Espinosa III Nos. 139, 151, 157.
general *Types 300, 301, 533
general *BP II 273ff., 284 n. 1

Within the index

Filed under Treacherous impostors.

Filed beside it

Impostors abandon (or kill) their companion and usurp his place Impostors claim reward (prize) earned by hero 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

Carried in tale types

The Dragon-Slayer · ATU 300 24 recorded variants
The Speaking Horsehead · ATU 533 4 recorded variants
The Three Stolen Princesses · ATU 301 2 recorded variants
The Princess's Ring (previously Dragons Ravish Princesses) · ATU 301D* 1 recorded variant

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