Thumbling as accomplice to robbers — Mythoi

Motif

Thumbling as accomplice to robbers.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Remarkable persons. · Exceptionally large or small men. · view the constellation · filed as F535.1.1.11

Filed across the traditions

German Grimm No. 37, 45. → on our shelf: Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 37

Within the index

Filed under Adventures of thumbling. See Type 700 for detailed adventures.

1 finer motif beneath it

Thumbling steals by entering keyhole

Filed beside it

Thumbling drives wagon by sitting in horse's ear Thumbling carried up chimney by steam of food Thumbling lies by sleeping man. Is blown to window by man's breath Thumbling in danger of being sucked in by man's breath Thumbling lost in animal track Thumbling has cat as riding-horse Thumbling swallowed by animals Thumbling imprisoned in a sausage Thumbling sold as freak Thumbling hides in small place Thumbling carries needle as sword Thumbling carried in pocket Thumbling carried on hat brim. (See F531.5.1.1.3. for a similar motif.)

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Speaking wolf Thumbling swallowed by animals Thumbling sold as freak Thumbling hides in a snail shell, in a mouse hole Thumbling steals by entering keyhole Thumbling carried on hat brim. (See F531.5.1.1.3. for a similar motif.)

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