Impostor (magician, demon) takes the place of the king. The ladies of the harem recognize the false king, and the true king is reinstated

Motif

Impostor (magician, demon) takes the place of the king. The ladies of the harem recognize the false king, and the true king is reinstated.

Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Impostures. · Treacherous impostors. · view the constellation · filed as K1934.1

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

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Jewish*Neuman.
general *Krappe American Journal of Philology (1933) 260–268

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Filed under Impostor forces hero (heroine) to change places with him (her).

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King loses his kingdom to impostor. (Cf. K1934.1.)

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