μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Lowly person falls in love with king (queen).

Sex. · Love. · Love – miscellaneous motifs. · view the constellation · filed as T91.6.1

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Italian Novella Rotunda.
Within the index

Filed under Noble and lowly in love.

1 finer motif beneath it
Courtier in love with queen. Queen asks him whom he loves. He holds up a mirror to her as answer. (Cf. T57.1.)
Filed beside it
King (prince) in love with a lowly girl. (Cf. L162, T121.8.) Prince falls in love with minister's daughter Princess falls in love with lowly boy. (Cf. L161.)

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