μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Contest in stealing.

Deceptions. · Thefts and cheats. · Thefts and cheats – general. · view the constellation · filed as K305

Filed across the traditions
  • India *Thompson-Balys.
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Filed under Thefts and cheats – general.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Thieving contest: first steals eggs from under bird; second meantime steals first's breeches Friends enter into stealing contest. Steal from each other. (Cf. K306.) Youths execute a series of clever thefts
Filed beside 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 Thieves steal from each other. (Cf. K305.2.) Thieves betray each other Youngest brother surpasses elder as thief

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