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• Witch disguised becomes queen, devours king's horses nightly. G264.3.1
• Devil in form of woman lures and punishes women. Introduces men disguised as women to seduce impious nuns. G303.3.1.12.1
• Satan disguised as beggar. (Cf. K1817.1.) G303.3.1.23
• Satan disguised as king. G303.3.1.25
• Disguised devil as messenger to adulterous people. G303.9.4.5.2
• Devil disguised as man tells of trip to heaven and hell. Heaven is full of wretches who weep, fast, and pray. Hell is full of wealth, power, and good living. G303.9.7.4
• The devil as tailor to a dandy. The dandy demands clothes sewed without thread. The devil disguised as a tailor makes them. In church the dandy's clothes fall to pieces, leaving him naked. G303.9.9.11
• Recognition by overheard conversation with bridge. Bridge which will trip up bridal party if king is not marrying an equal. Disguised princess praises bridge for its recognition of her equality with the king. H13.2.1
• Disguised king (noble) recognized by habitual speech. H38.1
• Disguised mistress identified by chalk marks left on back by lover. H58.1
• Disguised hero's golden hair discovered by spying princess. H151.13
• Recognition of disguised princess by bee lighting on her. H162
• Recognition of disguised princess by bull. H162.3
• Disguised man recognized by dog. H173
• Bride test: kindness – father-in-law disguised as beggar. H384.1
• Wealthy (handsome) suitor disguised as beggar to test bride's kindness. H384.1.1
• Prince disguised as a madman to test bride's character. H384.1.2
• Baby picks out his disguised father from a crowd by handing him a bow. H481.1.1
• Woman's question to her husband disguised as woman, how many men she had in one night. This is properly understood as, how many helpers he had, and answered by lifting ten fingers. H582.3
• Tasks assigned at instigation of queen (disguised ogress). H919.6
• Cleverness of men disguised as peasants dissuades rivals from dispute. Wise men of two rival cities engage in dispute. One delegation disguises as peasants and debates with their adversaries. Latter withdraw fearing how clever the educated must be if their peasants are so learned. J31.1
• Disguised real wife orders motley wear for her husband when he goes to fetch new bride-to-be: prospective father-in-law takes him for a fool and real wife reveals herself to husband. J1112.1.1
• Wise man disguised as monk beats learned heretic in debate. K3.4
• Thief disguised as corpse. In the shroud of the supposed dead man is hidden another robber. K311.1
• Thief disguised as angel. K311.2
• Thief disguised as yogi. K311.4.1
• Thief disguised as demon. K311.5
• Robber disguised as bear is killed. K311.6.1
• Thief disguised as parrot. K311.6.3
• Thief disguised as pig. K311.6.5
• Thieves disguised as interior decorators. Steal hangings in palace. K311.7
• Thief disguised as owner's wife. K311.8.1
• Thieves disguised as fine gentlemen steal provost's purse. Are admitted to court without question. K311.9
• Thieves disguised as musicians. K311.11
• Thief disguised as menial. K311.12
• Thief disguised as owner's cook. K311.12.1
• Thief disguised as girl. K311.16
• Thief disguised as old woman. K311.16.1
• Thief disguised as beggar. K311.17
• Owner frightened away by thief disguised as devil. K335.0.12
• King persuaded to change clothes with thief disguised as old woman. Thief rides king's horse away. K346.1.1
• Stolen animal disguised as person so that thief may escape detection. K406
• Disguised robber in night-lodging tries to pull up confederate on rope: princess discovers him and catches him. K434.2
• Robber with hand of glory killed. A robber disguised as a beggar gets night's lodging at a farm house. Using a candle made of human fat or hand of a corpse, he tries to charm the household into a deep sleep (D1162.2.1). One man who is suspicious and has not gone to sleep sees this and kills the robber. K437.2
• Conqueror of robber discovers his money-stick. Thinking that he has killed the robber, the man takes his stick or knife with big handle. The robber recovers and, disguised as a beggar, inquisitively looks at the stick. The man is suspicious and by examining finds much money inside it. K437.4
• Old beggar disguised as gentleman: much money borrowed on his credit. K455.3
• Persons deceived into eating meat in Lent, the meat being disguised as butter. (Cf. K499.2.1, K499.2.2.) K498
• Adulteress escapes prison disguised as an old woman. K521.4.5
• Women escape from enemy's camp disguised as ascetics. K521.9
• Queen hiding king disguised as child tells ogress she has borne child with moustache: ogress frightened. K547.10
• Rescuer disguised as officer gains custody of prisoner. K649.2
• Confederate persuades captor to throw away disguised trickster. K649.12
• Capture by hiding in disguised objects. K753
• Capture by hiding in disguised ship. K753.1
• Hare carries disguised lion covered with honey, thus luring animals into trap. K767
• Amazonian woman disguised as leper seduces and binds enemies one by one. K778.2
• Disguised hero attacks enemy at feast. K913
• Disguised shipwrecked men admitted to the king's house kill him at Yule feast in revenge for murder. K913.1
• Girl disguised as friar gets into priest's bed. K1315.6.3
• Man disguised as woman admitted to women's quarters: seduction. K1321.1
• Man disguised as pregnant woman admitted to girl's bed. K1321.1.1
• Seducer successfully disguised as washerwoman for fifteen years. Finally exposed. K1321.1.2
• Man disguised as woman abducts princess. K1321.2
• Man disguised as woman courted (married) by another man. K1321.3
• Man disguised as woman beguiles hostile chief. Infatuates him and then kills him in drunken sleep. K1321.3.1
• Men disguised as women enter convent and seduce impious nuns. (Cf. K1323.) K1321.4
• Man disguised as gardener enters convent and seduces nuns. (Cf. K1321.4.) K1323
• Man disguised as woman carried into princess's room: marries her. (Cf. K1321.1.) K1343.2
• Lover disguised as porter gains access to princess's room. (Cf. K1816.7.) K1349.1.1
• Trickster gains access to woman's room disguised as peddler. (Cf. K1817.4.) K1349.1.3
• Man disguised as groom enters mistress's room. K1349.1.4
• Father tricked into giving away disguised daughter in marriage. K1371.2
• One lover disguised and carried out of house by other. The wife has the lover put on a robe and stand in the corner; she tells the husband that a tradesman has left the robe and will return for it. The other lover comes and she gives him the "robe". K1517.1.1
• Paramour escapes disguised as monk. K1517.6
• Paramour disguised as pregnant woman. K1517.7
• Paramour disguised as cloth merchant is surprised by the husband. He asks the woman to be paid for a pretended sale. K1517.9
• Wife confesses to disguised husband. She suspects the fraud and persuades him that she knew the ruse and was testing him. He begs forgiveness. K1528
• Woman has paramour steal her husband's clothes. Paramour gains entrance disguised as the husband. The husband without his clothes is driven away from his home. K1549.1
• Adulteress disguised as boy elopes with paramour. K1593
• Disguised trickster beaten by man he is trying to frighten. Disguise as ghost. K1682
• Lover disguised in slain enemy's clothes. K1810.1.2
• Lover disguised as other knight in order to reach sweetheart. K1810.3
• Mortal entertained by disguised god. K1811.0.1
• Gods (spirits) disguised as beggars. Test hospitality. K1811.1
• Deity disguised as old man (woman) visits mortals. K1811.2
• God disguised as doctor cures mortal. K1811.3
• King disguised beaten by his own men. K1812.0.1
• Queen flees husband's persecution disguised as knight. K1812.8.1
• Disguised queen visits her husband and begets child with him as assigned. (Cf. H1187.) K1812.8.3
• King disguised as peasant flees battle. K1812.10
• Incognito prince (king) sold into slavery. Disguised as sailor. K1812.11
• King disguised as own messenger. K1812.15
• King disguised as mountaineer. K1812.16
• Disguised husband visits his wife. K1813
• Disguised husband wins his faithless wife's love. K1813.1
• Disguised husband shows his wife that he is not repulsive, as she thinks him. K1813.1.1
• Disguised husband shows his wife that he is not a good-for-nothing as she thinks him. K1813.1.2
• Disguised husband spies on his faithless wife. K1813.2
• Prince disguised as merchant seduces a queen. (Cf. K1349.3.1.) K1814.1
• Wife disguised as fakir makes her husband, the king, fulfill her will. K1814.3