The constellation
A177 God as thief
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● motif
● tale type
● on the shelf
● attested
The same sky, in words
filed under
- Deeds of the gods · A170 entry
beneath it
- God as dupe or trickster · A177.1 entry
keeps company
- God serves as menial on earth · A181 entry
- Color of raven. (Cf. A2237.1, A2234.1, A2231.1, A2218.1) · A2411.2.1.5 entry
- Magic power of seeing things underground · D1825.4.1 entry
- Resuscitation by blood · E113 entry
- Suitor contest: race · H331.5 entry
- Escape by reversing horse's (ox's) shoes · K534.1 entry
- Birth of human being from an egg. (Cf. F611.1.11.) · T542 entry
- Precocious infant · T585 entry
- Origin of lyre. Hermes makes it from a tortoise · A1461.2 entry
- Origin of shepherd's pipe · A1461.6 entry
Thompson cites
- The Library (Bibliotheca) · BOOK III, ch. X