The constellation
K2371 Deceiving the higher powers (God, the saints, the gods, fate)
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The same sky, in words
filed under
- Miscellaneous deceptions · K2370 entry
beneath it
- Heaven entered by a trick · K2371.1 entry
- Gods tricked into help in escaping one's fate · K2371.2 entry
- Ingeniously worded boon asked of God combines riches, issue, and restoration of eyesight: "Oh God! I want to see from above the seventh story of my mansion my great-grandsons playing in the streets and eating their cakes from golden vessels." · K2371.3 entry
- Dog sent ahead so as to avoid seeing husband transformed. (Cf. S241.1.) · K2371.4 entry