Buzzard steals coyote's eyes, while he is throwing them up in the air

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Buzzard steals coyote's eyes, while he is throwing them up in the air.

Deceptions. · Thefts and cheats. · Thefts. · Means of hoodwinking the guardian or owner. · view the constellation · filed as K333.3

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N. Am. Indian (Klikitat)Jacobs U Wash II 36.

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Filed under Theft from blind person.

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Blind Dupe. A blind man's arrow is aimed for him by his mother (or wife) who deceives him into thinking that he has missed his aim. She eats the slain game herself Theft from three old women who have but a single eye among them. The hero seizes their eye Blind beggar overheard telling that his money is kept in a stick. Thief exchanges sticks Theft by blinding with pepper

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