Illness (madness, dumbness, etc.) feigned to escape unwelcome marriage. (Cf. K522.0.1, K523.1.) — Mythoi

Motif

Illness (madness, dumbness, etc.) feigned to escape unwelcome marriage. (Cf. K522.0.1, K523.1.)

Deceptions. · Escape by deception. · Death escaped through disguise, shamming, or substitution. · view the constellation · filed as K523.0.1

Cited in the index

general *Toldo Zs. f. Vksk. XV 365.

Within the index

Filed under Escape by shamming illness.

1 finer motif beneath it

Illness feigned to escape rendezvous with undesired mistress

Filed beside it

Illness feigned to escape unwelcome meeting Escape by shamming madness. (Cf. K523.0.1.) Escape by shamming leprosy

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Death feigned to escape unwelcome marriage. (Cf. K523.0.1.) Escape by shamming madness. (Cf. K523.0.1.)

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