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Motif

Impostors steal rescued princess.

Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Impostures. · Treacherous impostors. · view the constellation · filed as K1935

Filed across the traditions
  • Missouri French Carrière
  • India Thompson-Balys.
  • general *Types 300, 301, 303, 304*
Within the index

Filed under Treacherous impostors.

1 finer motif beneath it
Impostors exposed by girl at her wedding
Filed beside it
Impostors abandon (or kill) their companion and usurp his place Impostors claim reward (prize) earned by hero Impostor forces oath of secrecy. Hero or heroine swears not to tell of imposture Impostor forces hero (heroine) to change places with him (her) 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

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