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K1782 Bluff: wealth gained by seeming to be in the king's confidence. Courtier asks the king for a reward that will cost nothing. He gets permission to listen to the king's devotions. He now receives bribes because of his apparent influence
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- Other bluffs · K1760 entry
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- Bluff: provisions for the swimming match. In a swimming match from a ship the hero takes a knapsack of provisions on his back. His rival is afraid and gives up · K1761 entry
- Bluff: climbing the mast. In a contest in climbing the mast the hero falls into the rigging. "You do the same thing," he challenges. The sailors are persuaded of his expertness · K1762 entry
- Bluff in court: the stone in the purse. A poor man has a stone in his purse to throw at the judge if he is sentenced. The judge thinks that he has money to use as a bribe and acquits him · K1765 entry
- Trickster's boasting scares his powerful opponent from contest · K1766 entry
- Goat singing a threatening song bought off with food and jewels · K1767 entry
- Bluffing threat · K1771 entry
- Pretended anger · K1772 entry
- King persuades men to follow him, pretending that he is going to make peace with his brothers, instead battle · K1774 entry
- Bluff: insult repeated as harmless remark. The trickster makes an insulting remark, but when called on to repeat what he said he changes it so as to turn aside wrath · K1775 entry
- Boast where the master cannot hear. The servant boasts that he has scolded his master · K1776 entry