μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Disguise by dyeing beard. Youths have been advised never to serve a man with a red beard. The trickster dyes his beard black.

Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Deception by disguise or illusion. · Deception by disguise. · view the constellation · filed as K1821.1

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

  • SpanishBoggs FFC XC 53 No. 400B*.
Within the index

Filed under Disguise by changing bodily appearance.

Filed beside it
Disguise by painting bodyDisguise by veiling faceYouths wear false beards (of grass, wool)Disguise by dyeing complexionDisguise by cutting one eye outBeautiful woman in hideous disguiseDisguise as old manDisguise in wooden coveringDisguise by cutting off hair

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