μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

  • India*Thompson-Balys.
Within the index

Filed under Thefts and cheats – general.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Thieving contest: first steals eggs from under bird; second meantime steals first's breechesFriends enter into stealing contest. Steal from each other. (Cf. K306.)Youths execute a series of clever thefts
Filed beside it
Stolen cows cause a warMaster thief. Man undertakes to steal various closely guarded things. Succeeds by clevernessFemale master thiefNations of thievesThieves steal from each other. (Cf. K305.2.)Thieves betray each otherYoungest brother surpasses elder as thief

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