μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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Filed across the traditions
  • Indonesia DeVries's list No. 126
  • N. Am. Indian *Thompson Tales 352 n. 271a
  • Cape Verde Islands Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 17.
  • general Chauvin II 93 No. 39
  • general BP III 369ff.
  • general Bødker Exempler 289 No. 42
Within the index

Filed under Sham prowess.

9 finer motifs beneath it
Sham physician cures people by threatening them with death Sham physician pretends to diagnose entirely from urinalysis. Really from observation and inference from trifles Sham physician predicts the sex of the unborn child. "From one side it looks like a boy, from the other a girl." The woman bears twins and the husband pays the doctor Sham physician: using the flea powder. Catch the flea, open its mouth, and place the powder inside Sham physician: making the girl grow up. A king wants his daughter to grow up quickly. The physician says that he must send away for the medicine; meantime she must be shut up. After several years they show her to the king. She has grown The sham physician and the devil in partnership. The devil is to enter the girl and the physician will collect reward for driving the devil out Sham physician refuses to take his own medicine: unmasked Sham physician gives relative a medical degree Ignorant doctor draws his prescriptions by lot
Filed beside it
Sham warrior Sham prince (nobleman) Sham brave man Sham rich man Sham wise man Sham teacher. Pretends to read a document brought him as a letter. It is a tax receipt Sham churchman False prophet Sham magician Sham astrologer Sham crystal-gazer Alchemist Juggler promises to fly from one house to another. Keeps crowd waiting until dusk and then makes his escape Sham prowess in hunting (fishing) Sham prowess – miscellaneous
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Person comes to life Person falls into ogre's power Ogre carries victim in bag (basket) Bodies of victims in front of ogre's house Mask mistaken for face Statue mistaken for living original. (Cf. K1840.) Contest won by magic Captor's bag filled with animals or objects while captives escape False beauty-doctor. The trickster pretends to make the dupe beautiful. Injures him Fugitive discovered by reflection in water Shepherdess born of red and blue egg
Carried in tale types

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