Inventor of death machine is first to use it

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Inventor of death machine is first to use it.

Deceptions. · Deceiver falls into own trap. · Deceiver falls into his own trap – miscellaneous incidents. · view the constellation · filed as K1681.1

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

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Spanish ExemplaKeller
Italian NovellaRotunda.

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Filed under Originator of death first sufferer. After the culture hero has instituted death, his own child dies and he repents in vain.

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