False prophet — Mythoi

Motif

False prophet.

Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Impostures. · Sham prowess. · view the constellation · filed as K1962

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Greco-Roman The Aeneid , Book 7
Middle Eastern The Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments , Chapter 10
Hawaiian Legends of Maui and Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes , 20 PELE AND THE CHIEFS OF PUNA
Literary Crystallization Masnavi i Ma'navi: The Spiritual Couplets (abridged) , Book 3, Story 12

Filed across the traditions

Jewish *Gaster Exempla 191 No. 28, *Neuman
Spanish Exempla Keller.
general *Chauvin V 233 No. 132

Within the index

Filed under Sham prowess.

1 finer motif beneath it

Mohammed puts seed in his ears and when doves trained to feed there come, he tells people that they bring messages from God

Filed beside it

Sham warrior Sham prince (nobleman) Sham brave man Sham rich man Sham physician Sham wise man Sham teacher. Pretends to read a document brought him as a letter. It is a tax receipt Sham churchman 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

Carried in tale types

Jewish Woman Makes Parents Believe that she Is to Give Birth to the Messiah · ATU 1855A 1 recorded variant

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