Eaters of stolen food detected — Mythoi

Motif

Eaters of stolen food detected.

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever persons and acts. · Cleverness in the law court. · Cleverness in detection of truth. · view the constellation · filed as J1144

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Filed under Cleverness in detection of truth.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Eaters of stolen food detected by the giving of an emetic Animal thief of eggs detected when he comes to a spring to drink. All animals must tell why they are thirsty

Filed beside it

Solomon able to detect truth without evidence of witnesses Confession obtained by a ruse Pseudo-scientific methods of detecting Thief detected by building straw fire so that smoke escapes through thief's entrance. The secret hole into the building is thus discovered and the thief caught Detection through aid of animal Detection by strewing ashes (sand). Trespasser (lover, mistress, ghost, fairy, etc.) leaves footprints in the ashes Detection through feigned dream Miscellaneous means of detecting

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