Poor boy said by helpful animal to be dispossessed prince (wealthy man) who has lost clothes while swimming (in shipwreck).
Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Impostures. · Sham prowess. · view the constellation · filed as K1952.1.1
Motif
Filed across the traditions
- India Thompson-Balys
- East Africa Rochemonteix Quelques Contes Nubiens (Cairo, 1888) 55ff. No. 5, (Swahili): Steere 13ff.
- general Type 545
- general *BP III 487f.
Within the index
Filed under Poor boy said by helpful cat to be dispossessed prince. This is believed.
Carried in tale types
- Puss in Boots · ATU 545B 12 recorded variants
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