Treacherous servants and workmen — Mythoi

Motif

Treacherous servants and workmen.

Deceptions. · Villains and traitors. · Treacherous servants and workmen. · view the constellation · filed as K2250

Filed across the traditions

Icelandic FFC LXXXIII xxxvi–vii, *Boberg
Breton Sébillot Incidents s. v. "jalousie". P365. Faithless servants.
general Types 450, 652
general Dickson 236 n. 37
general Hdwb. d. Märchens I 241b n. 12
general Malone PMLA XLIII 417 n. 9

Within the index

10 finer motifs beneath it

Treacherous servant Treacherous slave Treacherous maidservant Treacherous barber Treacherous cook Treacherous herdsman Treacherous stable-groom Treacherous gardener Treacherous peasant Other treacherous servants and workmen

Carried in tale types

The Prince whose Wishes Always Come True · ATU 652 20 recorded variants

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