The bitten cheek. In payment of a debt, a woman permits a man to kiss her; he bites her cheek so that she has a permanent mark

Motif

The bitten cheek. In payment of a debt, a woman permits a man to kiss her; he bites her cheek so that she has a permanent mark.

Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Hypocrites. · Hypocrite pretends friendship but attacks. · view the constellation · filed as K2021.1

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general *Chauvin V 98, 295.

Within the index

Filed under Betrayal by a kiss.

Filed beside it

Man pretends to kiss relative: bites him instead Man embraces other to see if he carries gold in his girdle

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