Objects stolen by means of magic impersonation

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Objects stolen by means of magic impersonation.

Deceptions. · Thefts and cheats. · Thefts. · Means of hoodwinking the guardian or owner. · view the constellation · filed as K359.5

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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.

IndiaThompson-Balys.

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Filed under Means of hoodwinking guardian or owner – miscellaneous.

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Theft by means of magic invisibility Thief beguiles guardian of goods by assuming equivocal name Trickster dupes woman into putting him into basket. He thus learns where food is kept Crow makes friends with pigeon so as to be able to steal food in household to which he belongs

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