30 motifs match “disguises”  ·  back to the chapters

• Ogre disguises voice to lure victim. G413
• King and abbot. King propounds three riddles to abbot to answer on pain of death. Herdsman disguises as abbot and answers questions. H561.2
• 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
• Ox bought; buyer also claims load of wood attached. Later deceived man disguises and sells sharper another ox for "handful of coppers." He is allowed by court to claim the hand as well. J1511.17
• Four men's mistress. A husband disguises as a priest to hear his wife's confession. She says that she has been mistress of a servant, a knight, a fool, and a priest; i.e., her husband when he was her servant, and later her knight. He had then been a fool for demanding her confession, and was a priest because he had heard it. J1545.2
• Trickster disguises himself and escapes notice of creditors. K237
• Thief disguises voice and is allowed access to goods (children). K311.3
• Escape by successive disguises. K533
• Fugitive disguises successively in different forms and deceives pursuer into self-injury. K533.1
• Prince disguises as another prince to woo princess. K1812.3
• Ruler disguises as goblin to frighten uxorious priest. K1812.6
• King disguises as common soldier and is killed. Fulfills prophecy that insures victory. K1812.7
• Lecherous prince disguises as merchant in order to kill his grand-children. K1812.14
• Nobleman disguises as cobbler to woo woodcutter's daughter. K1816.10.1
• Animal disguises as human being. (Cf. K1825.1.5.) K1822
• Tiger disguises as human being. K1822.4
• Man disguises as animal. K1823
• Man disguises as tortoise. K1823.1
• Disguise as layman. Priest disguises as layman. K1824
• Husband disguises as woman to spy on wife. (Cf. K1835.) K1836.1
• Boy disguises as woman to embarrass incontinent priest. K1836.2
• Repentant nurse disguises as hermit. K1837.3
• Wife disguises as a man and outwits landlord of inn when he tries same trick he has played on her husband to get all of his goods, etc. K1837.5
• Disguise as devil. Priest disguises as devil and "haunts" neighbor's house. Buys it cheaply. K1838
• Girl marries lover who thought her dead. On reviving she changes her name and disguises her appearance. Eventually marries her former lover. K1839.2
• Jester disguises as prince. K1839.4
• Friar disguises as soldier and steals from concubine. K1839.5
• Monster disguises and wins girl. Borrows wedding garments one by one; later returns them one by one and reveals monster form. K1918
• Woman disguises as man to enter enemy's camp. Slays enemy king. K2357.6
• Man knowing of murder plot against his friend disguises and is killed in his place. (Cf. P361.1.) P316.1