μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Pretended piety.

Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Hypocrites. · Pretended virtue. · view the constellation · filed as K2058

Filed across the traditions
  • Jewish *Neuman.
Within the index

Filed under Pretended virtue.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Apparently pious man (sadhu) a thief False ascetic in partnership with tiger shares his prey
Filed beside it
Adulteress feigns unusual sensitiveness The oversensitive bride 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

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