The constellation
J1143 Thief detected by building straw fire so that smoke escapes through thief's entrance. The secret hole into the building is thus discovered and the thief caught
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The same sky, in words
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carried in tale type
- Rhampsinitus · ATU 950
filed beside
- Solomon able to detect truth without evidence of witnesses · J1140.1 entry
- Confession obtained by a ruse · J1141 entry
- Pseudo-scientific methods of detecting · J1142 entry
- Eaters of stolen food detected · J1144 entry
- Detection through aid of animal · J1145 entry
- Detection by strewing ashes (sand). Trespasser (lover, mistress, ghost, fairy, etc.) leaves footprints in the ashes · J1146 entry
- Detection through feigned dream · J1147 entry
- Miscellaneous means of detecting · J1149 entry