Trickster breaks cat of taste for milk by overheating its milk — Mythoi

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Trickster breaks cat of taste for milk by overheating its milk.

Deceptions. · Thefts and cheats. · Other cheats. · Other cheats. · view the constellation · filed as K499.4

Filed across the traditions

India Thompson-Balys.

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Filed under Additional cheats.

Filed beside it

Trickster sells mother's wine to merchant without asking her permission. Mother saves part of wine because purchaser is dilatory in removing casks Object with a hollow as instrument of cheats Old man cheats crocodile by playing on its ignorance of agriculture Embarrassing gift. Trickster unwilling to pay for burial fee of aged cow, gives cow to unwitting Brahmin as gift. Cow dies soon and Brahmin must pay God cheats birds by giving false description of tamarind fruit Gullible king gives large sums to minister for construction of imaginary weapon and then more to have it destroyed Trickster dupes rival by exchanging beds: receives his food. Overhears maiden tell rival she will bring food at night, waits until rival is asleep and carries him to another bed, takes his place, and is fed by maiden Treacherous friend drinks out of other's flask to save the water in his own Fox pretends to go to work, but goes out to sleep

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