μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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Scholars’ trail — 3references

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  • French CanadianBarbeau JAFL XXIX 23
  • Missouri FrenchCarrière
  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
Within the index

Filed under Means of entering house or treasury.

18 finer motifs beneath it
Thief dressed half white, half black. His father's corpse is guarded by twenty knights in black and twenty in white. By disguising he steals back the corpseThief disguised as corpse. In the shroud of the supposed dead man is hidden another robberThief disguised as angelThief disguises voice and is allowed access to goods (children)Thief becomes monk in order to rob monasteryThief disguised as demonThief takes form of animalThieves disguised as interior decorators. Steal hangings in palaceTheft by disguise as son of ownerThieves disguised as fine gentlemen steal provost's purse. Are admitted to court without questionTheft by disguising as palace officialThieves disguised as musiciansThief disguised as menialTheft by disguise as barberTheft by disguise as merchant (or peddler)Thief in disguise as godThief disguised as girlThief disguised as beggar
Filed beside it
Thieves hidden in oil casks. In one cask is oil; in the others the robbers are hidden. The girl kills themTrickster feigns being pursued by drunken husband to obtain entranceThief enters treasury through secret passageTheft through chimneyThief copies key by making wax impressionWatchdog enticed away. Trickster brings rabbit under his coat. When the king's watchdog gives chase the trickster enters and robsThief learns location of dupe's food supply by strewing ashes. Fills the dupe's bag with ashes and cuts a hole in the bagTheft of gold hoard by spying on secret hiding placeThief pretends to return grass that has stuck to his clothes to ground where it belongsTheft by use of coat of invisibility. (Cf. D1361.12.)Thief feigns illness to be taken in victim's house. (Cf. K341.2.2.1.) Ransacks it while "recovering."
Carried in tale types

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