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Motifs — first 20 of 30
- 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