Marooned egg-gatherer. The father-in-law has the youth hunt eggs on an island and deserts him, but the youth outwits him

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Marooned egg-gatherer. The father-in-law has the youth hunt eggs on an island and deserts him, but the youth outwits him.

Deceptions. · Deceiver falls into own trap. · Deceiver falls into his own trap – miscellaneous incidents. · view the constellation · filed as K1616.1

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N. Am. Indian*Thompson Tales 326 n. 175. Cf. Spanish: Espinosa II No. 49.

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Marooned man hides himself in ogre's clothes and outwits him

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