Treacherous dark man — Mythoi

Motif

Treacherous dark man.

Deceptions. · Villains and traitors. · Dark traitors. · view the constellation · filed as K2260.1

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Indian / Hindu (Sanskrit epic) The Ramayan of Valmiki (Griffith verse translation) , Book 3, Canto 59
Indian / Hindu (Sanskrit epic) The Ramayan of Valmiki (Griffith verse translation) , Book 2, Canto 48
Literary Crystallization Four Plays (The Tempest, A Midsummer-Night's Dream, The Winter's Tale, King Lear) — University Press Shakespeare, ed. Sidney Lee , King Lear Act 3
Greco-Roman The Aeneid , Book 9
Indian / Hindu (Sanskrit epic) The Ramayan of Valmiki (Griffith verse translation) , Book 3, Canto 62

Filed across the traditions

Icelandic Boberg.
general Malone PMLA XLIII 417 n. 9

Within the index

Filed under Dark traitors. Persons darks by race, habitual occupation, or complexion, or even marvelously colored, are frequently traitors in folk-tales.

Filed beside it

Treacherous dark woman Treacherous negro (Moor) Treacherous charcoal-burner Treacherous red knight

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