μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Impostors tricked into carrying hero in box. Woman makes them think they will have her as reward.

Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Impostures. · Treacherous impostors. · view the constellation · filed as K1942

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“The servant told the men he had suspected the old woman when she had come around to get the wife to go after wood with her; that when going after wood they always went a long distance, so that no one could observe them, but that he had always flown very high over them, so they could not see him, and had watched them; that on the fourth time they went for wood he had seen the old woman choke the wife with the wife’s rope; how the old…”

Tales of the North American Indians, Tale 70 · served from our shelf  receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

Attested across traditions
Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
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Filed under Treacherous impostors.

Filed beside it
Impostors abandon (or kill) their companion and usurp his placeImpostors claim reward (prize) earned by heroImpostor 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 victimImpostor demands box in name of kingImposition by sham sickness
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Disguised flayer. An impostor dresses in the skin of his victim

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