Man allows himself to be carried off by monkeys, who mistake him for cow: steals their magic cups

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Man allows himself to be carried off by monkeys, who mistake him for cow: steals their magic cups.

Deceptions. · Thefts and cheats. · Thefts. · Means of entering house or treasury. · view the constellation · filed as K311.6.2

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Greco-RomanThe Metamorphoses of Ovid, Book 13

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.

ChineseGraham.

Within the index

Filed under Thief takes form of animal.

Filed beside it

Robber disguised as bear is killed Thief disguised as parrot Magician transforms self into crocodile to steal Thief disguised as pig

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