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Motifs
- Ogre's maidservant as helper. G530.6
- Recognition of maidservant substitute bride by her habitual conversation. H38.2.3
- Clever maidservant. J1111.6
- The Lord has departed. Maidservant on way to church on Palm Sunday meets priests leading ass on which Jesus rode. The maid runs home and tells her mistress that the Lord has mounted and has just gone away. J1823.1.3
- Man is ushered into maiden's room by maidservant. He then takes the latter's place in the mistress's bed. K1347
- Cut-off finger proves wife's chastity. A chaste wife substitutes a maidservant for seducer. A finger and ring are cut off as proof of wife's unfaithfulness (chastity wager with husband). Refuted by husband, who knows they are not his wife's. K1512.1
- Wife has maidservant impersonate her while she goes to her lover. K1843.4
- Maidservant's confederate feigns coming out of woman's bedroom. K2112.2.3
- Treacherous maidservant. K2252
- Mistress expecting lover accidentally exchanges places with her maidservant. N391.1
- Maidservant given to lover's companion as bed-partner. (Cf. T281.) T484
- Queen and maidservant conceive from eating same food. Their sons are like brothers. (Cf. P311.4.) T511.0.1