Bluff: huge cauldron of tar said to be kitchen-pot of hero's mother

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Bluff: huge cauldron of tar said to be kitchen-pot of hero's mother.

Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Deception through bluffing. · Ogre (large animal) overawed. · view the constellation · filed as K1718.3

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CheremisSebeok-Nyerges.

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Filed under Ogre overawed by hero's boasts about marvelous relatives.

Filed beside it

Bluff: thunder said to be the rolling of hero's brother's wagon. Ogre overawed Bluff: millstones said to be pearls of hero's mother. Ogre overawed Bluff: harrow said to be comb of hero's mother Bluff: plow said to be hoe of hero's mother

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