Skillful thief. (Cf. K301.) — Mythoi

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Skillful thief. (Cf. K301.)

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Persons with extraordinary powers. · Remarkable skill. · view the constellation · filed as F676

Within the index

Filed under Remarkable skill.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Thief can eat from man's plate during dinner without detection Thief can cut soles off man's boots without detection as he walks along road

Filed beside it

Brothers acquire extraordinary skill. Return home and are tested Unskilled man made skillful by saint's blessing Skillful marksman Skillful tailor Skillful smith. (Cf. F271.3.) Skillful flayer Skillful barber Skillful axe-man. Cuts down trees with single stroke, and the like Skillful fencer (swordsman) Skillful surgeon Skillful shipbuilder Man can keep together feathers in great wind Skillful painter. Can paint from description of a dream Ingenious carpenter Skillful tracker Skillful milker

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Master thief. Man undertakes to steal various closely guarded things. Succeeds by cleverness

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