μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Impostor impersonates dead count.

Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Impostures. · Treacherous impostors. · view the constellation · filed as K1937

Filed across the traditions
  • Italian Novella Rotunda.
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 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 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

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