The constellation
K405 Thief successfully claims that stolen goods are his own
A constellation is one motif’s neighborhood in the record — the story-shapes filed around it, the tale types that carry it, and the texts where it is witnessed, every line a receipted link. Click a motif to travel. Click a text to read it. The entry · wander
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- Thief escapes detection · K400 entry
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- Grain-thief's wagon falls into ditch: duped owner helps him. The thief makes the owner believe that the grain belongs to the thief · K405.1 entry
- The stolen pot pawned with the real owner. The thief gets a receipt from the owner and thus defends himself when accused of theft · K405.2 entry
- Thief successfully claims that stolen image has been given him by the saint himself · K405.3 entry