King loses his kingdom to impostor. (Cf. K1934.1.) — Mythoi

Motif

King loses his kingdom to impostor. (Cf. K1934.1.)

Society. · Royalty and nobility. · Kings. · view the constellation · filed as P15.3

Filed across the traditions

Jewish Neuman.

Within the index

Filed under Adventures of kings.

Filed beside it

Disguised king punished by peasant. Beaten because he does not get up early enough. (King Alfred and the cakes.) King demands subject's wife for himself King is cursed by disguised dwarf-smiths whose work he criticised King frees man sent by rival king to kill him. He sees bravery in the would-be assassin King descends to bottom of sea in glass barrel to study ways of fishes King himself works at brick building so that subjects cannot complain of enforced labor Subjects drive their ruler away after he has made them do forced labor

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Impostor (magician, demon) takes the place of the king. The ladies of the harem recognize the false king, and the true king is reinstated

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