Disguise as king with mask in order to hide from enemy who has ruined warrior's face and torn his beard off

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Disguise as king with mask in order to hide from enemy who has ruined warrior's face and torn his beard off.

Deceptions. · Escape by deception. · Death escaped through disguise, shamming, or substitution. · view the constellation · filed as K521.2.3

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IcelandicÖrvar-Odds saga 186–89, Boberg.

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Filed under Change of bodily appearance so as to escape.

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