Thefts and cheats – general

Motif

Thefts and cheats – general.

Deceptions. · Thefts and cheats. · Thefts and cheats – general. · view the constellation · filed as K300

Scholars’ trail — 4references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

general *Bloomfield Am. J. of Philology XLIV 97ff., 193ff., XLVII 205 ff.
general *Penzer II 183ff.
general *Chauvin VII 134 No. 403 n. 1
general Fb "røver".

Within the index

8 finer motifs beneath it

Stolen cows cause a war Master thief. Man undertakes to steal various closely guarded things. Succeeds by cleverness Female master thief Nations of thieves Contest in stealing Thieves steal from each other. (Cf. K305.2.)Thieves betray each other Youngest brother surpasses elder as thief

Travels with

Transformation to steal. (Cf. K300.)Witches steal. (Cf. D2087, K300.)

wander