The stolen and restolen ham. Two thieves steal a ham from a former companion who has married, have it stolen back, and resteal it. (Cf. K341.7.1, K362.4.)

Motif

The stolen and restolen ham. Two thieves steal a ham from a former companion who has married, have it stolen back, and resteal it. (Cf. K341.7.1, K362.4.)

Deceptions. · Thefts and cheats. · Thefts and cheats – general. · view the constellation · filed as K306.1

Scholars’ trail — 3references

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 *Gering Islendzk Æventyri (Halle, 1883) II 210ff.
general *DeVries Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsche Taal
general en Letterkunde XLV 213ff.

Within the index

Filed under Thieves steal from each other. (Cf. K305.2.)

Filed beside it

Highjacking. Thief robbed of his booty Man is robbed of gold chain while with prostitute. He swallows her string of pearls in revenge. (Cf. K302.1.)Blind man steals from neighbor who in turn steals from him

Travels with

Cattle let loose so as to distract owner's attention from his goods Theft by posing as master of the house and learning where goods are hidden. Wife deceived in the dark

Carried in tale types

Thieves Steal from One Another (previously The Thieves and their Pupil) · ATU 1525E2 recorded variants

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