Escape by shamming madness. (Cf. K523.0.1.)

Motif

Escape by shamming madness. (Cf. K523.0.1.)

Deceptions. · Escape by deception. · Death escaped through disguise, shamming, or substitution. · view the constellation · filed as K523.1

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Scholars’ trail — 4references

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IcelandicHerrmann Saxo II 258ff., *Boberg
JewishNeuman
India*Thompson-Balys.
general Malone PMLA XLIII 400

Within the index

Filed under Escape by shamming illness.

Filed beside it

Illness (madness, dumbness, etc.) feigned to escape unwelcome marriage. (Cf. K522.0.1, K523.1.)Illness feigned to escape unwelcome meeting Escape by shamming leprosy

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

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