The constellation
K342 Thief as umpire in contest. Three men are quarreling over the possession of a rescued girl. The umpire will give her to the one who soonest returns with the arrow he shoots. While they run, he takes the girl
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- Man gulled into giving up his clothes · K330.1 entry
- Goods stolen while owner sleeps · K331 entry
- Theft by making owner drunk · K332 entry
- Theft from blind person · K333 entry
- Owner gives up goods through flattery · K334 entry
- Thief frightens owner from goods · K335 entry
- House filled with smoke so that owner gives trickster lodging · K336 entry
- Oversalting food of giant so that he must go outside for water. Meantime his goods are stolen · K337 entry
- Thief ties owner's hair while he escapes with goods · K338 entry
- Owner's interest distracted while goods are stolen · K341 entry