Trickster shams death and eats grave offerings

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Trickster shams death and eats grave offerings.

Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Deception by disguise or illusion. · Deception by feigned death (sleep). · view the constellation · filed as K1867.2

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N. Am. Indian*Thompson Tales 303 n. 109d.

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Trickster feigns death and eats the ripe fruit from the tree

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