The girl who ate so little. When the suitor sees her baking he finds that she can eat — Mythoi

Motif

The girl who ate so little. When the suitor sees her baking he finds that she can eat.

Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Impostures. · Other impostures. · view the constellation · filed as K1984.2

Cited in the index

general *Type 1458.

Within the index

Filed under Girls keep up appearances to deceive suitors as to their desirability.

1 finer motif beneath it

Girl claims to have overeaten on a nightingale's thigh

Filed beside it

The lisping sisters. The girls have been warned against speaking, but forget and are found out The girl with the ugly name. Her mother gives her a new one but the girl does not recognize it and her mother must call her by her old name Ugly women complain of falling flowers. King hearing them supposes them delicate and beautiful Blind fiancée betrays self. Mistakes one object for another

Carried in tale types

Wife Eats so Little · ATU 1373A 1 recorded variant
The Girl who Ate so Little · ATU 1458 1 recorded variant

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