The constellation
K1821 Disguise by changing bodily appearance
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The same sky, in words
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- Deception by disguise · K1810 entry
beneath it
- Disguise by dyeing beard. Youths have been advised never to serve a man with a red beard. The trickster dyes his beard black · K1821.1 entry
- Disguise by painting body · K1821.2 entry
- Disguise by veiling face · K1821.3 entry
- Youths wear false beards (of grass, wool) · K1821.4 entry
- Disguise by dyeing complexion · K1821.5 entry
- Disguise by cutting one eye out · K1821.6 entry
- Beautiful woman in hideous disguise · K1821.7 entry
- Disguise as old man · K1821.8 entry
- Disguise in wooden covering · K1821.9 entry
- Disguise by cutting off hair · K1821.10 entry