μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

The oversensitive bride.

Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Hypocrites. · Pretended virtue. · view the constellation · filed as K2052

Within the index

Filed under Pretended virtue.

4 finer motifs beneath it
The bride's (wife's) false modesty. Wears gloves, etc. to bed Girl who is frightened by love becomes insatiable Oversensitive bride pleads a headache (or other excuse). Groom retaliates with similar plea when she changes her mind The oversensitive or hypocritical widow
Filed beside it
Adulteress feigns unusual sensitiveness Pretended honesty to mulct victim. Trickster claims to have found a bag of gold. Confederate claims and receives it upon correct identification. Spectator is thus deceived into trusting the trickster with a large sum of money Fox confesses sins but is immediately ready to steal again Hypocritical stepmother weeps as she tells departing husband she will take good care of stepchildren though they beat her (she beats them instead) Hypocrite refuses gifts orally but stretches out his hands Pretended piety

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