Man disguises as tortoise

Motif

Man disguises as tortoise.

Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Deception by disguise or illusion. · Deception by disguise. · view the constellation · filed as K1823.1

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Mesoamerican (Maya / Nahua)Popol Vuh, or Book of the Holy Assembly (Guthrie translation, serialized, truncated), Introduction

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.

East AfricaWoodward FL XXXVI 182ff. No. 2.

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Man disguised as elephant Man disguised as lamb Man disguised as bear Satan disguised as deer. (Cf. K1811.)

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