The constellation
K331 Goods stolen while owner sleeps
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- Sleeping with open eyes. The man claims to sleep thus and beguiles the ogre into sleeping, so as to rob him · K331.1 entry
- Owner put to sleep and goods stolen. Magic or drugs · K331.2 entry
- Worthless object (animal) substituted for valuable while owner sleeps · K331.3 entry
- Mouse's tail in mouth of sleeping owner causes him to cough up magic object · K331.4 entry
- Trickster steals magic doll while owner is asleep · K331.5 entry
- The foolishly concealed money: A man hangs a bag of money in the top of a high tree. Servant sleeping with him steals it · K331.6 entry
- Thief lies down in the space between the king's and the queen's bed and steals jewelry from both · K331.7 entry
carried in tale type
- The Spirit in the Blue Light · ATU 562
- The Fox Asks the Wolf for Meat · ATU 35A*