Wolf puts flour on his paw to disguise himself

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Wolf puts flour on his paw to disguise himself.

Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Deception by disguise or illusion. · Deception by disguise. · view the constellation · filed as K1839.1

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Scholars’ trail — 5references

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.

BretonSébillot Incidents s. v. "farine"
JapaneseIkeda
KoreanZong in-Sob 9 No. 3.
general *Type 333
general *BP I 42

Within the index

Filed under Other deceptions by disguise.

Filed beside it

Girl marries lover who thought her dead. On reviving she changes her name and disguises her appearance. Eventually marries her former lover Monkey dresses in dead mistress's gown; frightens household Jester disguises as prince Friar disguises as soldier and steals from concubine Warriors whitewash weapons thus disguising identity of one of their number who bears white-handled battle-axe Disguise as foreign ambassador Disguise by carrying false token Disguise as drunkard Housemaid disguised as minister Disguise as older brother to obtain blessing. (Cf. K2211.)Disguise as child (in cradle)Husband disguised as wife's brother Husband and wife disguised as brother and sister Disguise as dupe's daughter after having killed her

Carried in tale types

The Wolf and the Kids · ATU 1232 recorded variants

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