Other illusions — Mythoi

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Other illusions.

Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Deception by disguise or illusion. · Illusions. · view the constellation · filed as K1889

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Greco-Roman The Library (Bibliotheca) , BOOK III, ch. XII
Middle Eastern The Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments , Chapter 12
Literary Crystallization The Prophetic Books of William Blake (Sampson's Oxford Blake) , The Book of Los
Ancient Egyptian The Egyptian Book of the Dead , Chapter CXXV (2)

Filed across the traditions

U.S. Baughman.

Within the index

Filed under Illusions.

6 finer motifs beneath it

House seems to be afire. (Cf. K1886.) Deceptive cure by illusion. Man told that he can be cured only with blood of his own child. He is made to believe that the child is killed. When he learns that the child is still alive, the excess of joy cures him False Paradise. (The Old Man of the Mountain.) Potion is given to dupes who are led into what they believe is Paradise. They are then forced to rob and kill to regain admittance through death Injurious food (drink) has delusive sweet taste Illusory night (darkness) Palace appears to be floating on water – actually glass

Filed beside it

Deception by legerdemain Camouflage Deception by sham blood. By stabbing bag of blood (or otherwise) trickster makes dupe think that he is bleeding Absent person seems to be present Illusory enemies Illusion of death Dead made to appear alive Illusions in landscape Illusory sounds Illusory light

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