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 — Mythoi

Motif

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.

Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Impostures. · Other impostures. · view the constellation · filed as K1984.3

Cited in the index

general *Type 1461
general Herbert III 174 No. 87, 421 No. 83.

Within the index

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

Filed beside it

The lisping sisters. The girls have been warned against speaking, but forget and are found out The girl who ate so little. When the suitor sees her baking he finds that she can eat Ugly women complain of falling flowers. King hearing them supposes them delicate and beautiful Blind fiancée betrays self. Mistakes one object for another

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Man does not recognize his name when it is called: he is accustomed to hear his nickname. (Cf. K1984.3.)

Carried in tale types

The Girl with the Ugly Name · ATU 1461 1 recorded variant

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