Disguised shipwrecked men admitted to the king's house kill him at Yule feast in revenge for murder.
Deceptions. · Killing or maiming by deception. · Murder by strategy. · view the constellation · filed as K913.1
Motif
Filed across the traditions
- Icelandic Hálfdanar saga Eysteinssonar ch. 7–8 (cf. introd. 23–24), *Boberg.
Within the index
Filed under Disguised hero attacks enemy at feast.
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