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Contest won by magic.

Deceptions. · Contests won by deception. · Contest won by deception – general. · view the constellation · filed as K1

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“He ad- vised the children to run away, but they did not obey. When they saw the gum, they stepped up to the Snanaik and asked her to give them some. The Snanaik gave a piece of gum to all the children, and when she saw Anutkoats, who was advising the children to return home, she took him and threw him into the basket which she was carrying on her back. Then she took all the other children and threw them on top of him into her basket.”

Tales of the North American Indians, Tale 71 · served from our shelf  receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

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  • IndiaThompson-Balys
  • general S. Am. Indian (Chincha, Peru): Alexander Lat. Am. 231.
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Filed under Contest won by deception – general.

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Magic animal wins contest for man
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Animals help man in contestSubstitute in contestContest with magician won by deception
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Person comes to lifePerson falls into ogre's powerOgre carries victim in bag (basket)Bodies of victims in front of ogre's houseMask mistaken for faceStatue mistaken for living original. (Cf. K1840.)Captor's bag filled with animals or objects while captives escapeFalse beauty-doctor. The trickster pretends to make the dupe beautiful. Injures himSham physicianFugitive discovered by reflection in waterShepherdess born of red and blue egg

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