30 motifs match “masking”  ·  back to the chapters

• Tabu: masking as ghost in graveyard. C94.5
• Women learn witchcraft by masking as men. Hence women are witches. G286.1
• Ogre's secret overheard by masking as bird. G661.2
• Peasant boy masking as prince betrays self by his answers. H38.2.2
• Recognition by unmasking. H181
• Crocodile masking as dead obeys suggestion that he make flesh quiver. H248.2.1
• "What am I thinking?" "That I am the priest." So answers youth masking as priest. H524.1
• What does God do? He brings low the proud and exalts the lowly (said by shepherd masking as bishop to king, who has exchanged places with him). (Cf. H562.) H797.1
• Test of sex: to discover person masking as of other sex. H1578
• Test of sex of girl masking as man. H1578.1
• Test of sex of girl masking as man: peas spread on floor. Men tread firmly; women slip. H1578.1.1
• Test of girl masking as man: nuts and corn spread on floor. H1578.1.1.1
• Test of sex of girl masking as man: spinning wheel brought. Men take no notice; women interested. H1578.1.2
• Test of sex of girl masking as man: choosing flowers. Girl will choose a carnation; man a rose. H1578.1.3
• Test of sex of girl masking as man: ball thrown into lap. Girls spread legs to catch it; men not. H1578.1.4
• Test of sex of man masking as girl: jumping over pit (only man succeeds). H1578.1.4.2
• Test of sex of girl masking as man: nuts and apples offered. Men put them in their shirts, girls into their handkerchiefs. H1578.1.5
• Test of sex of girl masking as man: warned by a parrot, she picks only one flower. H1578.1.6
• Test of sex of man masking as girl: arms placed among baskets and war-trumpet sounded. Man snatches arms. H1578.2
• Detection by disrobing in a dance. A man masking as a maiden has committed adultery with the queen. A clever girl by challenging him to disrobe in a dance exposes the imposture. J1149.3
• True husband of woman determined by assigning superhuman task. Thus god masking as husband is discovered. J1176.5
• Should have brought him drink. Drunkard's wife takes him when he is drunk to a tomb and, masking as a ghost brings him food. "If you had known me better you would have brought me drink." J1323
• Crocodile masking as a log obeys suggestion that he move upstream. He thus betrays himself. K607.2
• Capture by masking as another. K755
• Seduction by masking as woman's husband. K1311
• Seduction by masking as woman's husband: "Why – you have just left!" After the seduction the husband comes and the wife shows surprise. K1311.0.1
• Seduction by masking as soldier. K1315.13
• Trickster masking as girl's father advises intercourse with trickster. She obeys. K1354.1.1
• Trickster masking as bridegroom tells bride that he comes at her mother's request. K1354.3.2
• Secret age overheard by eavesdropper. Man masking as cuckoo in tree causes the surprised ogre to disclose secret. N475.1